It is difficulties that show what men are.
I'm being tested each and every day. That's how life is.
Occasions of adversity best discover how great virtue or strength each one hath. For occasions do not make a man frail, but they show what he is.
The Gods in bounty work up storms about us, that give mankind occasion to exert their hidden strength, and throw our into practice virtues that shun the day, and lie concealed in the smooth seasons and the calms of life.
We're all being tested...That's what life is.
Look at a man in the midst of doubt & danger and you will learn in his hour of adversity what he really is.
In struggling with misfortunes lies the true proof of virtue.
What I do . . . the path I tread . . . it brings some choices that test me hard.
I've seen a lot in my life. I've seen a lot of winning. I've seen a lot of testing times. I think when you're tested, you really find out what you're made of, OK?
We all have an unsuspected reserve of strength inside that emerges when life puts us to the test.
It's easy to enjoy your job and enjoy other people when things are going good. When you're faced with adversity is when the character of men is measured. There's a Mennonite proverb, 'Man, like a tree, is measured best when cut down.'
As Americans, it is up to all of us to be well informed and thoughtful, to help our country make the right decisions in this time or testing.
It has been always held for a special principle in friendship that prosperity provideth but adversity proveth friends.
There were many dark moments when my faith in humanity was sorely tested.
All the trials and tribulations have paid off. In life, you have setbacks...When you're in your valley, that's when you're tested the most -not when you're at your peak.
You have times when you are extremely happy, times of testing, and times of trial, but the Lord guides you through all of those growth experiences together.
It is in the hour of trial that a man finds his true profession.
