D&C 24:8; 67:13; 1 Peter 2:20; refer in this text to Mosiah 24:14-15; Alma 34:40-41
“It is easy enough to be pleasant,
When life flows by like a song,
But the man worth while is the one who will smile,
When everything goes dead wrong.
For the test of the heart is trouble,
And it always comes with the years,
And the smile that is worth the praises of earth
Is the smile that shines through tears.” (Ella Wheeler Wilcox)
“Suffering can make Saints of people as they learn patience, long suffering and self-mastery. The sufferings of our Savior were part of his education.” (Spencer W. Kimball, 1955 BYU Speeches of the Year, p. 9 )