"Only after Winter comes do we know..." - Quote by Confucius
Only after Winter comes do we know that the pine and the cypress are the last to fade.
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More on Resilience
“Try things. Laugh a lot. Mess up. Apologize. Hug people. Take chances. Trust yourself. Lose things. Get over it.”
“Every day offers you 10,000 reasons to cry, but if you can find just one reason to laugh then you will be all right.”
“Nearly every man who develops an idea works it up to the point where it looks impossible, and then he gets discouraged. That's not the place to become discouraged.”
More on Adversity
“To run away from trouble is a form of cowardice and, while it is true that the suicide braves death, he does it not for some noble object but to escape some ill.”
“If a man wishes to become a hero, then the serpent must first become a dragon: otherwise he lacks his proper enemy.”
“Let me embrace thee, sour adversity, for wise men say it is the wisest course.”