Quote by Debby Irving

“Far from being a disadvantage, struggle is a decided advantage, because it develops those qualities which would forever lie dormant without it.”

— Napoleon Hill

“Difficult situations create exploitable opportunities for those strong enough to persevere.”

— Chad Bowen

“Ironically, we often spend a great deal of time and effort trying to control our external conditions, while letting our internal reactions run wild.”

— Gyalwa Dokhampa

“It will not suffer if it doesn’t get what it wants.”

— Jaron Lanier

“One has to be in control, otherwise the whole dynamic becomes a total disaster.”

— Helen Fielding

“Self-control issues are most likely to arise when choices and their consequences are separated in time.”

— Richard H. Thaler

“Most people would rather suffer through a bad situation than take steps needed to free themselves...”

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

“Bad experience is more bearable when you are not the only sufferer.”

— Nien Cheng

“Adversity bonds people more often than it breaks them.”

— Adam Braun

“Trying to control everything that happens to you is unavailing to life's vulnerability.”

— Ojingiri Hannah

“A person who suffers from his own bad habits is almost never likely to blame himself.”

— Gregory Miller

“Some people are born to suffer. It never stops for them, not for a second .... they are made for it - sustained by it.”

— Michael Robotham