[quote them] Troubles

Troubles are like washing machine,
They twist, turn & knock us around,
but in the end we come out brighter than before.

I'm not sure who said this first but apparently based on Google's archive of the web, it's this lady, via Twitter:
http://www.google.co.jp/search?hl=en&safe=off&tbs=cdr:1,cd_min:1900,cd_max:2007&q="Troubles+are+like+washing+machine"+site:twitter.com/ahblackledge&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=