You can't be brave if you've o...

You can't be brave if you've only had wonderful things happen to you.

~Mary Tyler Moore~

Who has never tasted what is b...

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

~German proverb~

When you can't remember why yo...

When you can't remember why you're hurt, that's when you're healed. When you have to work real hard to re-create the pain, and you can't quite get there, that's when you're better.

~Jane Fonda~

When written in Chinese, the w...

When written in Chinese, the word ""crisis"" is composed of two characters. One represents danger, and the other represents opportunity.

~John F. Kennedy~

What the student calls a trage...

What the student calls a tragedy, the master calls a butterfly.

~Richard Bach~

Victory is sweetest when you'v...

Victory is sweetest when you've known defeat.

~Malcolm Forbes~

Victories that are cheap are c...

Victories that are cheap are cheap. Those only are worth having which come as the result of hard fighting.

~Henry Ward Beecher~

Until you've lost your reputat...

Until you've lost your reputation, you never realize what a burden it was or what freedom really is.

~Margaret Mitchell~

To turn an obstacle to one's a...

To turn an obstacle to one's advantage is a great step towards victory.

~French proverb~

To say that my grief will be e...

To say that my grief will be eternal would be ridiculous - nothing is eternal.

~Marie Bashkirtseff~

To really enjoy the better thi...

To really enjoy the better things in life, one must first have experienced the things they are better than.

~Oscar Homolka~

To every disadvantage there is...

To every disadvantage there is a corresponding advantage.

~W. Clement Stone~

To conquer without risk is to ...

To conquer without risk is to triumph without glory.

~Pierre Corneille~

Those who don't know how to we...

Those who don't know how to weep with their whole heart don't know how to laugh either.

~Golda Meir~

There is no victory without pa...

There is no victory without pain.

~Lolita Lebron~

There is in the worst of fortu...

There is in the worst of fortune the best of chances for a happy change.

~Euripides~

There could be no honor in a s...

There could be no honor in a sure success, but much might be wrested from a sure defeat.

~T. E. Lawrence~

The virtue of adversity is for...

The virtue of adversity is fortitude, which in mortals is the heroical virtue.

~Francis Bacon~

The ultimate measure of a man ...

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.

~Martin Luther King, Jr.~

The same wind that extinguishe...

The same wind that extinguishes a light can set a brazier on fire.

~Pierre de Beaumarchais~