"Smooth seas do not make skilful sailors." -- African Proverb
"It’s not whether you get knocked down. It’s whether you get up again." -- Vince Lombardi
"The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak becomes a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong." -- Thomas Carlyle
"Experience is not what happens to a man. It is what a man does with what happens to him." -- Aldous Huxley
"Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above it." -- Washington Irving
"A desire can overcome all objections and obstacles." -- Gunderson
“The true way to soften one’s troubles is to solace those of others.” -- Mme. de Maintenon
"The obstacles you face are... mental barriers which can be broken by adopting a more positive approach."
-- Clarence Blasier
"Mountains cannot be surmounted except by winding paths." -- Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
"Problems are the price of progress. Don't bring me anything but trouble. Good news weakens me."
-- Charles F. Kettering