Romans 5:1-5 Taken from Bible Gateway.com NIV

I remember a professor saying "ABC: Adversity Builds Character". I really liked that saying so I told people that was my favorite quote. Being naive, I did not know that was basically biblical. So when I was reading my bible, I came across this passage and really liked it.

Peace and Hope
1 Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we[a] have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we[b] boast in the hope of the glory of God. 3 Not only so, but we[c] also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; 4 perseverance, character; and character, hope. 5 And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.