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Beautiful people do not just happen
Sep 10, 2025
The turning point in the process of growing up is when you discover the core of strength within you that survives all hurt.
Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way. And don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines.
Don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines.
The hardest struggle of all is to be something different from what the average man is.
Anyone can give up; it is the easiest thing in the world to do. But to hold it together when everyone would expect you to fall apart, now that is true strength.
The depth and strength of a human character are defined by its moral reserves. People reveal themselves completely only when they are thrown out of the customary conditions of their life, for only then do they have to fall back on their reserves.
I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death.
It is the business of little minds to shrink.
Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way.
Depth and strength of a human character are defined by its moral reserves.
People reveal themselves completely only when they are thrown out of the customary conditions of their life.
Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity is a greater. Possession pampers the mind; privation trains and strengthens it.
You don't develop courage by being happy in your relationships everyday. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity.
It's the easiest thing in the world for a man to deceive himself.
Only one feat is possible: not to have run away.
I learned there are troubles of more than one kind. Some come from ahead and some from behind.
A crisis creates the opportunity to dip deep into the reservoirs of our very being, to rise to levels of confidence, strength, and resolve that otherwise we didn't think we possessed.
The soul would have no rainbow had the eyes no tears.
Where there is no struggle, there is no strength.
The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.
A problem is a chance for you to do your best.
Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.
Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.
The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen.
Tough times never last, but tough people do.
The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of those depths.
An Airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.
Just put one foot in front of the other.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.
Life is truly known only to those who suffer, lose, endure adversity and stumble from defeat to defeat.
Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.
He knows not his own strength who hath not met adversity.
One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.
When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
I have heard there are troubles of more than one kind. Some come from ahead and some come from behind. But I've bought a big bat. I'm all ready you see. Now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!
It is not the critic who counts...The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena.
It is not the critic who counts
Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet.
Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure.
If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it.
Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.
When you look fear in the face, you are able to say to yourself, 'I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.'
Often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.
Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.
If you find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't lead anywhere.