"Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness. Your willingness to wrestle with your demons will cause your angels to sing."

August Wilson

"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!"

Theodor Seuss Geisel

"Every trial endured and weathered in the right spirit makes a soul nobler and stronger than it was before."

James Buckham

"When you get in a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hold on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn."

Harriet Beecher Stowe

"You are a match for your mountain."

Danielle Doby

"The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a person perfected without trials. "

Chinese Proverb

"The most beautiful people I’ve known are those who have known trials, have known struggles, have known loss, and have found their way out of the depths… Beautiful people do not just happen"

Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

"The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it."

Moliere

"What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly."

Richard David Bach

"Bad things do happen; how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life. I can choose to sit in perpetual sadness... or I can choose to rise from the pain and treasure the most precious gift I have—life itself."

Walter Anderson

"Your attitude towards problems, difficulties, and adversities is the most important factor in overcoming them."

Napoleon Hill

"It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it."

Lena Horne