Obedience makes us progressively stronger, capable of faithfully enduring tests and trials — Robert D. Hales
Nothing can match the treasure of common memories, of trials endured together, — Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Many minds that have withstood the most severe trials have been broken — Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington
No one wants adversity. Trials, disappointments, sadness, and heartache come to us — Richard G. Scott
I think [contacting an alien civilization] would be a disaster. The extraterrestrials — Stephen Hawking
Perhaps, in retrospect, there would be little motivation even for malevolent extraterrestrials — Carl Sagan
God does not take away trials or carry us over them, but strengthens us through them. — Edward Bouverie Pusey