What doesn't kill you makes you stronger

Meaning: Adversity builds resilience and character.

Origin: Friedrich Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols (1888).

Translations

• French: Ce qui ne te tue pas te rend plus fort (literally: What doesn't kill you makes you stronger)
• Spanish: Lo que no te mata te hace más fuerte (literally: What doesn't kill you makes you stronger)
• Japanese: 死なない程度の困難は人を強くする (Shinanai teido no konnan wa hito wo tsuyoku suru) (literally: Hardship that doesn't kill makes one stronger)

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