A poet should be so crafty with words that he is envied even for his pains.

To find the rainbow and life's incredible beauties, learn to play with adversity.

A courageous and determined person finds opportunity in every adversity.

It is adversity that often creates beauty.

Do not fear adversity. Win it over. It will make you wiser and stronger.

Train your mind to see the opportunity in every adversity.

Disasters work like alarm clocks to the world, hence God allows them. They are shouting, 'Wake up! Love! Pray!

You can't be a rebel without the scars that come with it. Truth is, some days scars are just as ugly as they are beautiful.

Love is as simple as the absence of self given to another. God, when invited, fills the void of any unrequited love; hence loving is how one is drawn closer to God no matter its most horrific repercussions.

Easily mistaken, it is not about a love for adversity, it is about knowing a strength and a faith so great that adversity, in all its adverse manifestations, hardly even exists.

The harder you fall, the heavier your heart; the heavier your heart, the stronger you climb; the stronger you climb, the higher your pedestal.

How should thy patience be crowned in heaven if none adversity should befall to thee in earth? If thou wilt suffer none adversity how mayest thou be the friend of Christ?

Adversity's sweet milk, philosophy.

The good are better made by ill, As odors crushed are sweeter still.

But since ... it was fun to struggle why complain?

It is easy enough to be pleasant When life flows along like a song, But the man worth while is the man who can smile When everything goes dead wrong.

Let us be of good cheer by remembering that the misfortunes that are hardest to bear are those that never come.

A clay pot sitting in the sun will always be a clay pot. It has to go through the white heat of the furnace to become porcelain.

You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.

The testing of good and bad is in order that the gold may boil and bring the scum to the top.