" moral character gets formed through hardship, through overcoming obstacles, through enduring despite difficulties. Courage, for example, would be impossible in a world without pain. The apostle Paul testified to this refining quality of suffering when he wrote that ‘suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope.’13 "

― Lee Strobel , The Case for Faith: A Journalist Investigates the Toughest Objections to Christianity