Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which, in prosperous circumstances, would have lain dormant. ~Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus), Satires

Problems are only opportunities with thorns on them. ~Hugh Miller, Snow on the Wind

Man performs and engenders so much more than he can or should have to bear. That's how he finds that he can bear anything. ~William Faulkner

When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on. ~Franklin D. Roosevelt

Happiness is not the absence of problems but the ability to deal with them ~H. Jackson Brown