With man, most of his misfortunes are occasioned by man. Pliny the Elder
Do you think that you shall enter the Garden of Bliss without such trials as came to those who passed before you? Quran
To endure is the first thing that a child ought to learn, and that which he will have the most need to kn Jean J. Rousseau
The willow which bends to the tempest, often escapes better than the oak which resists it; and so in great calamities, it sometimes happens that light and frivolous spirits recover their elasticity and presence of mind sooner than those of a loftier character. Sir Walter Scott
We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right. Seneca
The good things of prosperity are to be wished; but the good things that belong to adversity are to be admired. Seneca