Growth Quote by Thomas Paine

The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress…

— Thomas Paine

The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives…

— Thomas Paine

“love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection.”

— Thomas Paine

In a world so torn apart by rivalry, anger, and hatred, we have the privileged vocation to be living signs of a love that…

— Henri Nouwen

the harder the conflict, the greater the triumph.

— George Washington

'Tis easy enough to be pleasant, When life flows along like a song; But the man worth while is the one who will smile…

— Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Every conflict we face in life is rich with positive and negative potential. It can be a source of inspiration, enlightenment, learning, transformation, and…

— Kenneth Cloke

In order to obtain and hold power a man must love it. Thus the effort to get it is not likely to be coupled…

— Leo Tolstoy

Such help as we can give to each other in this world is a debt to each other; and the man who perceives a…

— John Ruskin

Adversity attracts the man of character. He seeks out the bitter joy of responsibility.

— Charles de Gaulle

The question is not what man can scorn, or disparage, or find fault with, but what he can love, and value, and appreciate.

— John Ruskin

Thus love is the most easy and agreeable, and gratitude the most humiliating, affection of the mind. We never reflect on the man we…

— Oliver Goldsmith