Life is truly known only to those who suffer, lose, endure adversity and stumble from defeat to defeat. Anais Nin
“Who wants to die? Everything struggles to live. Look at that tree growing up there out of that grating. It gets no sun, and water only when it rains. It’s growing out of sour earth. And it’s strong because its hard struggle to live is making it strong. My children will be strong that way.” ― Betty Smith, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Sometimes in tragedy we find our life’s purpose – the eye sheds a tear to find its focus. ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com
Watch a man in times of… adversity to discover what kind of man he is; for then at last words of truth are drawn from the depths of his heart, and the mask is torn off. ~Lucretius, On the Nature of Things
When it is dark enough, you can see the stars. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
When the Japanese mend broken objects, they aggrandize the damage by filling the cracks with gold. They believe that when something’s suffered damage and has a history it becomes more beautiful. ~Barbara Bloom
The soul would have no rainbow had the eyes no tears. ~John Vance Cheney
The darkest hour has only sixty minutes. ~Morris Mandel
Vic's Final Journey 