Success is not measured by what you accomplish but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds. —Orison Swett Marden

Never trust a leader who doesn’t walk with a limp. —Dr. J. Robert Clinton

It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience. —Julius Caesar

Change is hard because people overestimate the value of what they have—and underestimate the value of what they may gain by giving that up. —James Belasco and Ralph Stayer

A life isn’t significant except for its impact on other lives. —Jackie Robinson

Adversity is the diamond dust Heaven polishes its jewels with. —Thomas Carlyle

The worst thing that can happen to any of us is to have a path that’s made too smooth. One of the greatest blessings the Lord ever gave us was a cross. —Charles H. Spurgeon

For the believer all pain has meaning; all adversity is profitable. There is no question that adversity is difficult. It usually takes us by surprise and seems to strike where we are most vulnerable. To us it often appears completely senseless and irrational, but to God none of it is either senseless or irrational. He has a purpose in every pain He brings or allows in our lives. We can be sure the in some way He intends it for our profit and His glory. —Jerry Bridges, Trusting God

You must go through the way in which you are not.  —T.S.Elliot

We found that for leaders to make something great, their ambition has to be for the greatness of the work and the company, rather than for themselves. —Jim Collins, Good to Great

The way to Heaven is ascending; we must be content to travel uphill though it be hard and tiresome, and contrary to the natural bias of our flesh. —Jonathan Edwards

By perseverance the snail reached the ark. —Charles H. Spurgeon

The authority by which the Christian leader leads is not power but love, not force but example, not coercion but reasoned persuasion. Leaders have power, but power is safe only in the hands of those who humble themselves to serve.  —John Stott

Trust is not a passive state of mind. It is a vigorous at of the soul by which we choose to lay hold on the promises of God and cling to them despite the adversity that at times seeks to overwhelm us.  —Jerry Bridges, Is God Really in Control?

There are two pains in life: the pain of discipline, or the pain of regret. You choose. —Wayne Cordeiro

You will never truly know yourself, or the strength of your relationships, until both have been tested by adversity. —J.K. Rowling