Sharon Shinn Quotes

Bad times make good people, as mountainous pressures make diamonds or as fire tempers steel.

My mother always said that the strongest steel is forged by the fires of hell.

Gold is tried by fire, brave men by adversity.

What doesn't kill us sharpens us. Hardens us. Schools us. You're beating plowshares into swords, Vosch. You are remaking us. We are the clay, and you are Michelangelo. And we will be your masterpiece.

When you pass through the fire, you pass through humble.

Everybody has difficult years, but a lot of times the difficult years end up being the greatest years of your whole entire life, if you survive them.

He whom prosperity humbles, and adversity strengthens, is the true hero.

He said that those who have endured some misfortune will always be set apart but that it is just that misfortune which is their gift and which is their strength.

The message I'm trying to say is that I'm tough because of life experience.

Strength and struggle travel together.

I am stronger than I thought I was. My favorite phrase has been 'This too shall pass.' I now understand it really well.

Adversity is the refiner's fire that bends iron but tempers steel.

All through my life, I have been tested. My will has been tested, my courage has been tested, my strength has been tested. Now my patience and endurance are being tested.

People need trouble - a little frustration to sharpen the spirit on, toughen it. Artists do; I don't mean you need to live in a rat hole or gutter, but you have to learn fortitude, endurance. Only vegetables are happy.

As an elephant in the battlefield withstands arrows shot from bows all around, even so shall I endure abuse.

Opposition strengthens the manly will.

I've become a pretty tough cookie after having a divorce. I think that I've persevered through a lot of talk.

Know how sublime a thing it is to suffer and be strong.

Adversity, and perseverance and all these things can shape you. They can give you a value and a self-esteem that is priceless.

Life asks not merely what you can do; it asks how much can you endure and not be spoiled.

Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that the setbacks and grieves which we endure help us in our marching onward.

Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.

I've gone through many, many things. I tell you something, that if it doesn't kill you, you get stronger.

One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.

Endurance is nobler than strength, and patience than beauty.