If the wind brushes against you, do not complain; it brushes against everyone.

You were given the problems you have because you can solve them; the burdens, because you can carry them; the trials, because you can overcome them; the opponents, because you can beat them; and the enemies, because you can conquer them.

Rainbows earn their brightest colors in the storm.

Be the calm in someone else’s storm.

The storm is the optimist’s friend, but the pessimist’s nightmare.

Don't give up when dark times come. The more storms you face in life, the stronger you'll be. Hold on. Your greater is coming.

Though the fire and water tried to overtake me, I have come out to a place of great abundance and God has given me hope again.

A flower’s beauty is birthed in a seed’s ugly struggles.

Love does these three things effectively: multiplies joy, divides trouble, subtracts grief, and adds peace.

The most beautiful rose still has to contend with ugly thorns.

At the end of every dark storm is a bright rainbow.

Enough pain will keep you humble.Enough grief will keep you compassionate.Enough trouble will keep you strong.Enough hardship will keep you grateful.

You’re destined for greatness,” Life said. “But first, I’m going to make you cry.

If an opportunity comes dressed in trouble’s apparel, do not scorn it.

If the sky had no tears, the world would have no rainbows.

Only dead leaves allow the wind to blow them to and fro.

Wine had to be grapes first. Diamonds had to be rocks first. Butterflies had to be caterpillars first. Rainbows had to be storms first.

The ugliest storms paint the loveliest rainbows.

You can paint the whole sky black, but that won’t keep stars from shinning.

A dove struggling in a storm grows stronger than an eagle soaring in sunshine.

As paint needs a canvass for its beauty to show, stars need darkness for their splendor to shine.

A sailor is not defined as much by how many seas he has sailed than by how many storms he has overcome.

When perplexed, God appears to you in the form of wisdom; when troubled, in the form of peace; when sad, in the form of joy; when heartbroken, in the form of love.

Seeds, not doubting their potential, rise and become forests.

It is on the canvass of the darkest storms that the brightest rainbows are painted.

When you have the world on your shoulders, God alone can help you carry it.

When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot and use it to hang your troubles.

The darkest part of the storm paints the brightest part of the rainbow.

A diamond is pressure's masterpiece.

The calmest part of the storm is not in its eye, but in your own soul.

If a flower can flourish in the desert, you can flourish anywhere.

A rainbow earns its colors in the storm.

Making your mark in the world is better than making trouble.

When you are born you have two different potential for the world: You will either be a gift to the world or a trouble to the world!

One friend in a storm is worth more than a thousand friends in sunshine.

God will only push you off a cliff if He's going to give you wings to fly.

Stars are not praised for shining during the day, but at night.

Be like a rose; no matter how many thorns you encounter in life, bloom.

Far help seldom solves near troubles.

If God had a wife, He would be in trouble too if He dodged His chores.

If seeds saw dirt as their enemy, they would lose out on the opportunity to grow.

Don’t look for trouble, because troubles look for being found by those who look for them!

A storm is never quiet because it is always calling out to the rainbow.

If God had a wife He would be in just as much trouble as any man.