“No soul that aspires can ever fail to rise; no heart that loves can ever be abandoned. Difficulties exist only that in overcoming them we may grow strong, and they who have suffered are able to save.”~Annie Besant English socialist, theosophist, freemason, educationist, and activist Annie Besant was born on this day in 1847.
“He knows not his own strength who hath not met adversity.”~William Samuel Johnson American Founding Father, jurist, and leader William Samuel Johnson was born on this day in 1727.
“Gloom and despondency have never defeated adversity. Trying times need courage and resilience. Our strength as a people is not tested during the best of times.”~Thabo Mbeki South African politician Thabo Mbeki was born on this day in 1942.
“When you get into a tight place, and everything goes against you till it seems as if you couldn’t hold on a minute longer, never give up then, for that’s just the place and time that the tide’ll turn.”~Harriet Beecher Stowe American author and abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowe was born on this day in 1811.
“The worst experience can bring out a person’s deepest strength.” ~Susan Campbell Bartoletti American writer, artist, children’s author, and educator Susan Campbell Bartoletti was born on this day in 1958.
“Strength is born in the deep silence of long-suffering hearts; not amid joy.” ~Felicia Hemans English poet Felicia Hemans was born on this day in 1793.
“And what greater might do we possess as human beings than our capacity to question and to learn?” ~Ann Druyan American documentary producer and director Ann Druyan was born on this day in 1949.
“I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence but it comes from within. It is there all the time.” ~Anna Freud British psychoanalyst of Austrian-Jewish descent, Anna Freud was born on this day in 1895.
“It’s the people who seem weak who are always surprisingly strong, and the ones who seem strong who are unexpectedly weak.”~Lisa Jewell British author Lisa Jewell was born on this day in 1968.
“Nobody will believe in you unless you believe in yourself.”~Liberace American pianist, singer, and actor Liberace was born on this day in 1919.
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