“The present age of contentment will come to an end only when and if the adverse developments that it fosters challenge the sense of comfortable well-being”

“You don't develop courage by being happy in your relationships everyday. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity.”

“Who likes adversity? No one likes it. However, we can look at adversity from a different perspective. Adversity can be a challenge that must be conquered. Everyone wants to be a winner. Only winners are able to conquer the difficulties and challenges they face.”

“Adversity is the mother of contention.”

“Life that dares send
A challenge to his end,
And when it comes, say, Welcome, friend!”

“When a sailor overcomes crushing adversity, there’s a massive sense of accomplishment.”

“The gods of one age become the devils of the age to follow. The priests look forward to the age to come and see only the end of the world.”

“Much of aging comes from a misunderstanding of the effect of comfort.”

“Morality comes with the sad wisdom of age, when the sense of curiosity has withered.”

“To-morrow comes, true copy of to-day,
And empty shadow of what is to be;
Yet cheated Hope on future still depends,
And ends but only when our being ends.”