Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved. -Helen Keller

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God brings men into deep waters, not to drown them, but to cleanse them — John Aughey

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Jesus Christ did not suffer so that you would not suffer. He suffered so that when you suffer, you’ll become more like him. The gospel does not promise you better life circumstances; it promises you a better life.

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No matter how much experience you have, there’s always something new you can learn and room for improvement. ― Roy T. Bennett

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Love that brings you sorrow is better than hate that brings you joy. ― Matshona Dhliwayo

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Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And that no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dreams, because every second of the search is a second's encounter with God and with eternity. ― Paulo Coelho

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As a well-spent day brings a happy sleep, so a well-employed life brings a happy death. ― Leonardo da Vinci

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We can activate tremendous powers within our own lives if we open up to the experience. ― Ari Gunzburg

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Experience is not what happens to you; it is what you do with what happens to you. – Aldous Huxley

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Maybe it's good we don't know what will happen next in our stories, because if we did, we might not turn the page. Or we might skip ahead and never experience the good that comes out of the hard moment we're living through ― Simone Biles

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