Every silver lining has a cloud.
~ Avon

Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; adversity not without many comforts and hopes.
~ Francis Bacon

I got in trouble with the police, and that was a rude awakening. That was it. I'd seen the bottom of the pit, and it was time to scrape myself out of it.
~ Bryan Adams

It takes a real storm in the average person's life to make him realize how much worrying he has done over the squalls.
~ Heartland Advisor

The reward of suffering is experience.
~ Aeschylus

Men often bear little grievances with less courage than they do large misfortunes.
~ Aesop

I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning to sail my ship.
~ Louisa May Alcott

Painful as it may be, a significant emotional event can be the catalyst for choosing a direction that serves us--and those around us -- more effectively. Look for the learning.
~ Eric Allenbaugh

You don't develop courage by being happy in your relationships everyday. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity.
~ Barbara De Angelis

When you come to a roadblock, take a detour.
~ Mary Kay Ash

God had one son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering.
~ St. Augustine

Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, ''This is a misfortune'' but ''To bear this worthily is good fortune.''
~ Marcus Aurelius

When walking through the ''valley of shadows,'' remember, a shadow is cast by a Light.
~ H.K. Barclay

Affliction comes to us, not to make us sad but sober; not to make us sorry but wise.
~ Henry Ward Beecher

We are always on the anvil; by trials God is shaping us for higher things.
~ Henry Ward Beecher

It's easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much better at the top.
~ Arnold Bennett

It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.
~ Taylor Benson

Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction. [Isaiah 48:10]
~ Bible

Enter through the narrow gate. The gate that leads to damnation is wide, the road is clear, and many choose to travel it. But how narrow is the gate that leads to life, how rough the road, and how few there are who find it. [Mathew 7:13-14]
~ Bible

Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Let the day's own trouble be sufficient for the day.
~ Bible