A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.

A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.

The child of trial, to mortality
And all its changeful influences given;
On the green earth decreed read more

The child of trial, to mortality
And all its changeful influences given;
On the green earth decreed to move and die,
And yet by such a fate prepared for heaven.

God prepares great men for great tasks by great trials.

God prepares great men for great tasks by great trials.

'Tis a lesson you should heed,
Try, try, try again.
If at first you don't succeed,
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'Tis a lesson you should heed,
Try, try, try again.
If at first you don't succeed,
Try, try, try again.

As sure as ever God puts His children in the furnace, He will be
in the furnace with them.
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As sure as ever God puts His children in the furnace, He will be
in the furnace with them.
- Charles Hadden Spurgeon,

Rocks whereon greatest men have oftest wreck'd.

Rocks whereon greatest men have oftest wreck'd.

The longest absence is less perilous to love than the terrible trials of incessant proximity.

The longest absence is less perilous to love than the terrible trials of incessant proximity.

There are no crown-wearers in heaven who were not cross-bearers
here below.

There are no crown-wearers in heaven who were not cross-bearers
here below.

Trials teach us what we are; they dig up the soil, and let us see what we are made of.

Trials teach us what we are; they dig up the soil, and let us see what we are made of.