Ajay Piramal Quotes

Great people aren't those who are happy at times of convienience and content, but of how they are in times of catastrophy and controversy.

It's at the borders of pain and suffering that the men are separated from the boys.

Great necessities call out great virtues.

Everybody is great when things are great. It's the 'not great' stuff that matters.

This is the time that tries men’s souls, and many probably will be found wanting.

He who voluntarily confronts tremendous odds must have very great internal resources to draw upon

To be honest...here is a task for all that a man has of fortitude...

A man's character is not judged after he celebrates a victory, but by what he does when his back is against the wall.

Where is your ancient courage? You were used to say extremities was the trier of spirits; That common chances common men could bear; That when the sea was calm all boats alike showed mastership in floating.

I was raised to face any challenge.

If there were nothing else of Abraham Lincoln for history to stamp him with, it is enough to send him with his wreath to the memory of all future time, that he endured that hour, that day, bitterer than gall - indeed a crucifixion day - that it did not conquer him - that he unflinchingly stemmed it, and resolved to lift himself and the Union out of it.

Great men are never sufficiently shown but in struggles.

The real test of our character is when the bottom falls out.

When something terrible happens, how you react determines who you are from then on.

These are the times that try men's souls.

Through these adversities, Israel has endured with continued strength, conviction, and faith.

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

Heroism is endurance for one moment more.

Remember, the storm is a good opportunity for the pine and the cypress to show their strength and their stability.

There's no better way to test a person than to put them in the middle of a war. That's clearly going to show what kind of a character you're telling a story about.

Difficulty, my brethren, is the nurse of greatness - a harsh nurse, who roughly rocks her foster - children into strength and athletic proportion.

Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.

This is no time for ease and comfort. It is time to dare and endure.

Difficult times often bring out the best in people.

I learned from the example of my father that the manner in which one endures what must be endured is more important than the thing that must be endured.