Adversity Quotes - Page 16

I daresay it seems foolish; perhaps all our earthly trials will appear foolish to us after a while; perhaps they seem so now to angels. But we are ourselves, you know, and this is now, not some time to come, a long, long way off. And we are not angels, to be comforted by seeing the ends for which everything is sent.

If you do things well do them better. Be daring be first be different be just.

If you know someone who tries to drown their sorrows, you might tell them sorrows know how to swim.

You can give illness to her body but you can't take the gypsy out of that girl.

Without the burden of afflictions it is impossible to reach the height of grace. The gift of grace increases as the struggles increase.

Never complain about your troubles they are responsible for more than half of your income.

When a man is pushed tormented defeated he has a chance to learn something he has been put on his wits ... he has gained facts learned his ignorance is cured of the insanity of conceit has got moderation and real skill.

A tree does not stop growing because the wind blew off a few of its leaves.

When the world has once begun to use us ill it afterwards continues the same treatment with less scruple or ceremony as men do to a whore.

Necessity is often the spur to genius.

The greatest privileges:You are saved.You are a child of Most High God.You are co-heirs with Christ.You share in Christ suffering, life adversities.You share in Christ glory, strength of will and survival of life's difficulties.

Affliction is a good man's shining time.

An egg's true value is only known when it is broken.

Never judge the life of another man. You never know his struggles.

The stretching of your faith is immediate pain that results in ultimate gain. It is in the waiting that we become who we are meant to be.

Hope begins in the dark the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing the dawn will come. You wait and watch and work: you don't give up.

Grace rides inside the waves.

Adversity is the evil twin of reward.

A soul that is happy in the things of God can overcome tremendous obstacles.

Life is unexchangeable grace.

Endless faith,Infinite hope.

Let's face it. you become a deeper person amidst adversity. You become a more perceptive, strong, resilient person when life is not handed to you on a silver platter held by a butler.

You either learn to play hard ball or you become the ball.

Difficulties opposition criticism - these things are meant to be overcome and there is a special joy in facing them and in coming out on top. It is only when there is nothing but praise that life loses its charm and I begin to wonder what I should do about it.

It is possible to rise above any adversity.

It is adversity that often creates beauty.

So it is more useful to watch a man in times of peril, and in adversity to discern what kind of man he is; for then at last words of truth are drawn from the depths of his heart, and the mask is torn off, reality remains.

Personal struggles, mistakes, and perseverance are part of every person’s life story. A proper mindset can turn failure into a gift. Specific human qualities such as intelligence and adaptive skills can be cultivated through applied effort to assist a person overcome a resounding failure. Each person would be wise to ask how does a person cope – grapple – with failure? We derive strength from our struggles.

We endure every adversity by grace.

We must patiently endure the times.

Every adversity brings new experiences and new lessons.

If for a while the harder you try, the harder it gets, take heart. So it has been with the best people who ever lived. (The Inconvenient Messiah, BYU Speeches, Feb 15, 1982)

The beauty of adversity is that when we hit bottom, the only way to go is up.

God is in control of every circumstance.

I do not like the situation but will endure. It is only for awhile.

Adversity is a school that you need not apply to be enrolled. It has no respect for age, wealth, education, race, power, fame or beauty. It is a school among schools and every human being passes through the school in one format or the other. It is also possible to attend the post graduate department without your consent. You can never attend the school and be the same again. It will change you and purge you of all the things you think that you know. It will bring you to a leveling far beyond all your imaginations. You may also be required to repeat a class with different course or instructors.

Your past history is NOT an excuse.

In times of adversity, you will know those who truly love you.

... when it seemed at every turn that the winds of fate had blown our lives afoul, financially, emotionally, or idealistically. Look at all that we endured. Look at all we managed to light along our path through the long shadow of adversity. Look at the seemingly indestructible affiliation that was once us. And look at us now.

I will finish what I have began.

With grace we can overcome every human limitations.

It constantly happens that the Lord permits a soul to fall so that it may grow humbler.

If you're facing a season of trials, don't allow the enemy to have a field day by putting negative thoughts in your mind. Let go of stinking thinking. Instead of turning away from God in anger or confusion, run into His loving arms where He will comfort you.

The difficulties which I meet with in order to realize my existence are precisely what awaken and mobilize my activities my capacities.

An oak tree is just a small nut that persevered against the taunts of doubt and fear.

There is always a storm. There is always rain. Some experience it. Some live through it. And others are made from it.

When dark situations arise, it is opportunity for you to reveal the leader in you. Rise and deal with them.

Success advances the man's cause, adversity cleans the man's soul.

...My deepest personal reason for staying in Paris is that whatever I have as a character, good or bad, is based on the fact that since the age of four I have never run away from anything however painful or dangerous when I thought it was my duty to take a stand -- the American Ambassador to France upon being asked to evacuate Paris by the State Department on the eve of Nazi occupation of Paris in 1940

Adversities are opportunities for a daring life.

Adversity is a good opportunity for self-realisation.

We are like the herb which flourisheth most when trampled upon

Thunder is noise to a pessimist but music to an optimist.

Find the courage to live life.

Seeds are proof that the greatest growth takes place in the dark.

Never complain, pray for strength to overcome the difficulty.

The strongest anchor is hope.

Whatever your situation, there exist hope

There is nothing that can happen TO you that can’t also happen FOR you…if you’ll let it.

Call on God. He will answer.