Adversity Quotes - Page 2

In times of adversity and affliction, may you wait for the Lord to rescue and deliver you.

Perspective is as simple as answering this question: If I had 5 months to live would I experience this problem differently?

It is in the whole process of meeting and solving problems that life has meaning. Problems are the cutting edge that distinguishes between success and failure. Problems call forth our courage and our wisdom; indeed, they create our courage and our wisdom. It is only because of problems that we grow mentally and spiritually. It is through the pain of confronting and resolving problems that we learn.

Thou hast shown thy people hard things: thou hast made us to drink the wine of astonishment.

In the furnace of fire, gold and silver are refined.In the furnace of affliction, we are refined and purified.

Sorrow has its reward. It never leaves us where it found us.

Adversity is not a bad thing~It's a God thing!

Let go of all the pain. Embrace the joy of life.

When darkness comes,stars shine.When storms come,plants flourish.When adversity comes,champions triumph.

Enjoy the times of plentiful and endure the times of scarcity.

A bird that fears turbulence will never know how high it can fly.

It takes a real storm in the average person's life to make him realize how much worrying he has done over the squalls.

Experience may be hard but we claim its gifts because they are real even though our feet bleed on its stones.

Those who suffer great adversity and sorrow and go on to serve their fellowmen develop a great capacity to understand others. Like the prophets, they have acquired a higher understanding of the mind and will of Christ.

Within the beautiful struggle of a cocoon all butterflies are made.

To find the rainbow and life’s incredible beauties, learn to play with adversity.

Present trials strengthen you for future blessings.

The burden is equal to the horse's strength.

Everyone wants to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.

Friction is necessary. Ease of life leads to complacency and the atrophy of the human will and spirit. Within our struggles lives our strength, within our trials lives our triumphs. Friction creates a platform for change, generates heat and or fervor and creates a motivational charge that gives us an opportunity to be better. A gem cannot be polished without friction and so neither a person without hardships. Friction within and friction without sharpens our senses and revives our internal resolutions. Friction is uncomfortable, hardships are distressing but both are necessary. We cannot light a match without friction nor can we hone steal. Uncomfortable as it may be, our adversity ultimately lights a fire and sharpens our very will to flourish. Today, let us not be discouraged, let us not be bitter in our suffering rather let us be encouraged as we look to our trials as a medium that will eventually make us better.

We only think when we are confronted with a problem.

Without darkness, we may never know how bright the stars shine. Without battles, we could not know what victory feels like. Without adversity, we may never appreciate the abundance in our lives. Be thankful, not only for the easy times, but for every experience that has made you who you are.

I write about adversity, I praise adversity, not to be pessimistic, but rather to strengthen myself. The more familiar that you are with it, the less likely you are to have a breakdown when it occurs. You become more reflective of its purpose, you understand God's reason for it, and are then able to make the best of everything that you are handed. The darkness is only frightening after constant sunshine.

May you find the courage to rise above any circumstance.

I make art when I can't gather the words to say.

A prayer and positive affirmation are the keys for a divine intervention in any situation.

With faith in God, we can walk through the fires unharmed.

Through storms you are able to get all the colors you need to paint the rainbow.

Be patient and endure the times.Your glorious days shall come to pass.

Difficulties are things that show what men are.

Our sufferings produce strength of spirit.

Attack and adversity contribute to national cohesion in a way that success and affluence do not

Great difficulties may be surmounted by patience and perseverance.

Adversity introduces a man to himself.

Forget what hurt you in the past, but never forget what it taught you. However, if it taught you to hold onto grudges, seek revenge, not forgive or show compassion, to categorize people as good or bad, to distrust and be guarded with your feelings then you didn’t learn a thing. God doesn’t bring you lessons to close your heart. He brings you lessons to open it, by developing compassion, learning to listen, seeking to understand instead of speculating, practicing empathy and developing conflict resolution through communication. If he brought you perfect people, how would you ever learn to spiritually evolve?

Pain is the root of knowledge.

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

Scars are your greatest medals in life.

We live by faith and by the grace of God.

He who runs from a challenge runs from an opportunity.

Storms come to teach trees and plants how to dance in the wind.

No matter how bad things are, you can always make things worse.

The timeless promises of God are our confident hope.

Possibility exists in every adversity.

All sorts of spiritual gifts come through privations if they are accepted.

Your courage will be tested during the adversity as well as during the change.

You have no control of uncertainties! You can only control your life and your reaction to any event. May you find grace for patient endurance.

Battling wolves today strengthens you for battling lions tomorrow.

Fear not! The Lord will rescue and deliver you.

This was the mark of an uncommon soldier, someone whose courage away from the battlefield was the same as that on it.

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

The darkness of the storm determines the brightness of the rainbow.

May your heart be joyful to overcome painful situation.

Adversity gives life the thrill of adventure.

Anyone can fail at something they really don’t want. What really takes courage is going after something you want and then failing. There is more fulfillment in life knowing that you tried, rather than settled without a fight.

Every struggle you overcome, will build the strength of your spirit.

You suffer alone. And rejoice with many.

Break a bone..and as the broken part heals it becomes the strongest part in it....get hit by a virus, survive that and "supposedly" it can never get u again... observe how ur skin that gets rubbed on a surface often becomes thicker and more rough with time ....remember how naive you were before and with each incident and accident with people that you've had ..it brought you to the "knowing better" person you are now............you cant be stronger..if life doesn't try you every now and then ....and after each trial..it promises a stronger more immune version of you

You never really know what's coming. A small wave, or maybe a big one. All you can really do is hope that when it comes, you can surf over it, instead of drown in its monstrosity.

In victory even the cowardly like to boast while in adverse times even the brave are discredited.