You can’t be brave if you’ve only had wonderful things happen to you.
Published on March 7, 2016 , under Quotes
Source: As quoted in The Reader’s Digest, Vol. 128 (1986), p. 137; later in Quotable Quotes (1997) by Editors of Reader’s Digest
Complete Sentence: Pain nourishes courage. You can’t be brave if you’ve only had wonderful things happen to you.