William Ellery Channing - Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.

William Ellery Channing - How easy to be amiable in the midst of happiness and success.

William Ellery Channing - Faith is love taking the form of aspiration.

Ronald Reagan - Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.

William Shakespeare - A friend is one that knows you as you are, understands where you have been, accepts what you have become, and still, gently allows you to grow.

A. P. J. Abdul Kalam - Man needs his difficulties because they are necessary to enjoy success.

William Arthur Ward - Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.

William Blake - Can I see another's woe, and not be in sorrow too? Can I see another's grief, and not seek for kind relief?

Bruce Lee - A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.

Oscar Wilde - “Women are meant to be loved, not to be understood.”

Ronald Reagan - Freedom is one of the deepest and noblest aspirations of the human spirit.

Channing Frye - To the fans of Cleveland: I want to say thank you, number one. You all understand that it's deeper than just a game.

Winston Churchill - Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few

Taj Mahal - Particularly with the blues, it's not just about bad times. It's about the healing spirit.

Mahatma Gandhi - Faith is not something to grasp, it is a state to grow into.

Cheryl Strayed - This is not the moment to wilt into the underbrush of your insecurities. You’ve earned the right to grow. You’re going to have to carry the water yourself.