“Instead of finding fault with the fire, I gave thanks for the metal to take the temper and hold it.”
“Those who are fired with an enthusiastic idea and who allow it to take hold and dominate their thoughts find that new worlds open for them. As long as enthusiasm holds out, so will new opportunities.”
“As fire tempers steel, so hardship can temper the human soul.”
“Disappointment to a noble soul is what cold water is to burning metal; it strengthens, tempers, intensifies, but never destroys it.”
“The fire that warms us can also consume us; it is not the fault of the fire.”
“Fear is a fire to temper courage and resolve. Use it so.”