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Harry Emerson Fosdick

He who knows no hardships will know no hardihood. He who faces no calamity will need no courage. Mysterious though it is, the characteristics in human nature which we love best grow in a soil with a strong mixture of troubles.

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People develop strength and bravery only by experiencing difficulties and challenges. The qualities we admire most in others come from going through tough times that shape their character.

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