"Many men owe the grandeur of their lives to their tremendous difficulties." ― Charles Spurgeon Topic(s): Men More From Charles Spurgeon "I would go to the deeps a hundred times to cheer a downcast spirit. It is good for me to have been afflicted, that I might know how to speak a word in season to one that is weary." "It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness." "The Lord gets his best soldiers out of the highlands of affliction." More In Men "Old men are dangerous: it doesn’t matter to them what is going to happen to the world."― George Bernard Shaw "You can kill ten of our men for every one we kill of yours. But even at those odds, you will lose and we will win."― Ho Chi Minh "For a long time I thought I could deal with my anger and hostility on my own. But I couldn’t. I denied that it had affected me, and yet I was so frantic on the inside with other people: I needed to be constantly reassured."― Kelly McGillis