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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• Out of the frying pan, into the fire — Escaping one bad situation only to end up in a worse one.
• The road to success is paved with failure — Success requires learning from mistakes.
• Walk softly and carry a big stick — Act gently but maintain the power to enforce if needed.
• Opportunity knocks but once — Chances don't come twice; seize them when they appear.
• The bigger the risk, the bigger the reward — Greater rewards require greater risks.

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