Dealing With Adversity - page 2

One often learns more from ten days of agony than from ten years of contentment.
- Merle Shain

If you do not learn from your mistakes, you might just as well not make them.
- Napolean Hill (1883-1970)

The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.
- Chinese proverb

Failure is the greatest opportunity I have to know who I really am.
- John Killinger

Make the most of every failure. Fall forward.
- Author Unknown

Hard-won victories are the sweetest of all.
- Lara McClellan

Who has never tasted what is bitter does not know what is sweet.
- German proverb

Life is like a rollercoaster; the highs are meaningless but for the lows.
- Anonymous

The word 'happiness' would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness.
- Carl Jung (1875-1961), adapted

To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.
- Bertrand Russell (1872-1970)