Seneca the Younger Quotes

A man is the sum of his misfortunes. One day you'd think misfortune would get tired but then time is your misfortune

What is life worth without trials and tribulations which are the salt of life.

Someone once said, 'Adversity introduces a man to himself.' For some reason, that's scary, but most people discover that adversity does make them stronger.

An easy life doesn't teach us anything. In the end it's the learning that matters: what we've learned and how we've grown

Character is both developed and revealed by tests, and all of life is a test... You will be tested by major changes, delayed promises, impossible problems, unanswered prayers, undeserved criticism, and even senseless tragedies.

Difficulties are things that show a person what they are.

I had a pretty modest upbringing; it was no pleasure cruise. I don't think I would be as happy today if I hadn't been through that. It was tough; I made some bad choices myself.

I consider adversity being good sometimes, you know.

A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.

I've always felt in life, you get a lot of things you have to overcome.

The hardest things in my life have made me who I am.

Every phase of my life always hasn't been perfect for me. I've had to go through some adversity.

Having been through some adversity, starting from different points and having to work through the depth chart on many occasions, it's definitely helped my story.

The ability to find solutions to life's challenges is what makes us grow as a person.

Difficulty shows what men are. Therefore when a difficulty falls upon you, remember that God, like a trainer of wrestlers, has matched you with a rough young man. Why? So that you may become an Olympic conqueror; but it is not accomplished without sweat.

It is written that adversity introduces us to ourselves.

The trials of life will not wait for us. They come at their own time, not caring much to inquire how ready we may be to meet them.

Life is a series of tests; but if you pass your tests, you look back upon them as good experiences.

Adversity is like a strong wind. I don't mean just that it holds us back from places we might otherwise go. It also tears away from us all but the things that cannot be torn, so that afterward we see ourselves as we really are.

Why is this happening to me? Why am I having such a difficult time? One answer is that life is supposed to be difficult! It’s what enables us to grow. Remember, earth is not heaven!

I try to view the challenges in my life not as annoyances, but as confirmations of fortitude.

Adversity gives birth to greatness. The greater the challenges and difficulties we face, the greater the opportunity we have to grow and develop as people. A life without adversity, a life of ease and comfort, produces nothing and leaves us with nothing. This is one of the indisputable facts of life.

There's much that goes to the makin' of a man or woman into somethin' better than a brute beast, but there's three things in chief, an' they're the places where life sets us down, an' the folks life knocks us up against, an' -- not the things ye get, but the things ye don't get.

The strain of life is what builds our strength. If there is no strain, there will be no strength.