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.

Think of God oftener than you breathe.

It is not he who reviles or strikes you who insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting.

If thy brother wrongs thee, remember not so much his wrong-doing, but more than ever that he is thy brother.

It is better to die of hunger having lived without grief and fear, than to live with a troubled spirit, amid abundance

It is not so much what happens to you as how you think about what happens." Epictetus

Every difficulty in life presents us with an opportunity to turn inward and to invoke our own submerged inner resources. The trials we endure can and should introduce us to our strengths.