If you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Positive outcomes require enduring difficulties first.
- In plain terms
- You must face hard times to get good ones.
- What can you take from it?
- Endure hardship for better results.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What rain are you enduring?
Another view
Rain doesn't always lead to rainbows.
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