使用动名词短语 Having confidence 做主语，结构简单明了。
Adversity reveals geniuses, while prosperity hides them. — Horace
Adversity defeats the weak and creates the strong. — Nixon
A sword is sharpened by grinding; plum blossoms bloom through the bitter cold.
The difficulties overcome are the opportunities for victory. — Horace
A sapling cannot become a great tree without wind and rain; a person cannot achieve greatness without hardship.
Having confidence is the beginning of success.
Difficulties are like reefs; only when the sea dares to advance does it create beautiful waves.
Reaching the summit may leave you scarred, but the view is infinite.
Hardship is like a spring; it tests your strength. If you are strong, it weakens; if you are weak, it strengthens.
Only by swimming against the current can you find the source of the water.
A knife sharpened on stone becomes sharper, while the stone wears thinner. — Mao Dun's "The Two Sides of a Problem"
Heroes are born from hardship. — Xu Teli's "The Hope for Youth on the May Fourth Movement"
A sharp knife will rust without whetting; a person will slouch without standing tall. — Wen Yiduo's "Preface to 'Southwest Field Sketches'"
Iron becomes tougher with more tempering. — Wen Yiduo's "On the Styles of East and West in Religion"
Though the process of sifting is arduous, only when the sand is blown away is gold found. — Liu Yuxi's "Waves Washing the Sand"
Without the fire of a hundred refines, how can one know the essence of gold? — Meng Jiao, "Song to Liang Susubequing"
Unless one experiences the bitter cold to the bone, how can one enjoy the fragrance of plum blossoms? — Feng Menglong, "Stories to Awaken the World"
There are no born heroes; they are all forged through training. — Mao Dun's "Eclipse: The Pursuit"
Every history of success contains a history of heartbreak. — Zou Taofeng's "Can and Will"
In poverty, one's will should be even more steadfast. — Ouyang Xiu's "To Huang Tong of Yunxiang"
逆境展示奇才，顺境隐没英才。——霍勒斯
逆境能打败弱者而造就强者。——尼克松
宝剑锋从磨砺出，梅花香自苦寒来
被克服的困难就是胜利的契机。——贺拉斯
小苗不经风雨长不成大树，人不经困难难以成材。
有了信心，就是成功的开始。
困难是礁石，海水敢于进击才激起美丽的浪花。
登上了山顶，可能是伤痕累累，但看到的却是无限风光。
困难像弹簧，看你强不强；你强他就弱，你弱他就强。
逆流而上，才能找到水的源头。
刀在石上磨，刀越来越快，石越来越薄。——茅盾《问题的两面观》
困难出英雄。——徐特立《纪念五四对青年的希望》
快刀不磨要生锈，胸膛不挺背要驼。——闻一多《〈西南采风录〉序》
铁是愈锤炼愈坚韧的。——闻一多《从宗教论中西风格》
千淘万漉虽辛苦，吹尽狂沙始到金。——唐·刘禹锡《浪淘沙》
不有百炼火，熟知寸金精？——唐·孟郊《古意赠梁肃补阙》
不是一番寒彻骨，怎得梅花扑鼻香？——明·冯梦龙《醒世恒言》
世上何尝有天生的勇者，都是锻炼成的。——茅盾《蚀·追求》
任何事业的成功史中必有一段伤心史。——邹韬奋《能与为》
穷当志益坚。——宋·欧阳修《送黄通之郧乡》