Mencius — "When Heaven is about to confer a great office upon a man, it first exercises his…"

When Heaven is about to confer a great office upon a man, it first exercises his mind with suffering, and his sinews and bones with toil. It exposes his body to hunger, and subjects him to extreme poverty. It confounds his undertakings. By all these methods, it stimulates his mind, hardens his nature, and supplies his incompetencies.
Mencius — Mencius Ancient · Confucian philosopher

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Mencius (Book 6, Gaozi Part 2)

Date: c. 4th century BCE

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