Adversity Quotes - Page 3

In my darkness time, God splendour light shines my path.

You can't have more bugs than a blanketful.

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

To live is to war with trolls.

The virtue of prosperity is temperance the virtue of adversity is fortitude.

One does not become strong lifting feathers.

Present tears water the gardens of future blessings.

The school of suffering never graduates any students, so ask God to teach to you the lessons He wants you to learn.

The darkest clouds precipitate the most rain.

Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there?

Times of adversity are golden moments.

A bird does not give up flying today because it couldn't find any worms yesterday.

We do not have control over what happens to us. But we have the courage to conquer.

This rose is not so fragrant as a summer flower, but it has stood through hardships none of them could bear: the cold rain of winter has sufficed to nourish it, and its faint sun to warm it; the bleak winds have not blanched it, or broken its stem, and the keen frost has not blighted it. Look, Gilbert, it is still fresh and blooming as a flower can be, with the cold snow even now on its petals.

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

The moon will guide you through the night with her brightness, but she will always dwell in the darkness, in order to be seen.

Facing it, always facing it, that’s the way to get through. Face it.

We ought to live life by faith.

Every endured challenge is a new strength.

Do not show your wounded finger for everything will knock up against it.

Sometimes we have to reach rock bottom before we're willing to rise up and overcome our trials.

I shall overcome any obscuration.

Only a master weaver could intertwine dark and light threads in such a way that all one saw was beauty when looking back at the finished tapestry.

Moving rocks today strengthens you for moving mountains tomorrow.

I have learned in the great University of Hard Knocks a philosophy that no woman who has had an easy life ever acquires. I have learned to live each day as it comes and not to borrow trouble by dreading tomorrow. It is the dark menace of the future that makes cowards of us.

May you find the grace of triumph over any situation.

Hope is the thing that is left to us, in a bad time.

If you want to know if someone was meant to be in your future, then remove all the worldly things about them from your mind. Don’t think about their looks, the intimate moments or their personality. Now, think about how they made you feel, how they improved your life and what virtues they possess that push you to want to become better. Did they bring you closer to God? Did they bring you to your life mission? Did they ever lie to you, betray you or made it impossible for you to feel comfortable speaking your mind? When you remove all the shine from a diamond, it becomes a glass rock. What value is it then? See beneath the surface and you will know who your future is with.

Calamities reveal your capabilities. Take note of this and when times get odd, prepare and shine.

Your first big trouble can be a bonanza if you live through it. Get through the first trouble and you'll probably make it through the next one.

When you are standing in the middle of a storm you have two choices: Pray to God that it goes away. Or, start praying to God that he gives you the wisdom to figure out why you're standing in the middle of a storm.

The prettiest flower still had to struggle to surface.

God’s grace gives strength overcome any situation.

I think the years I have spent in prison have been the most formative and important in my life because of the discipline the sensations but chiefly the opportunity to think clearly to try to understand things.

Blow by blow a giant is knocked down.

Although we may encounter dark seasons, when we're filled with joy we'll have confident expectations that the sun will soon return and dark clouds will pass.

Small steps add up to complete big journeys.

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.

Blessed are you, who faced many adversities. You will be strengthen and soften.

Without adversity and trials we may never know what we are capable of.

We endure hardships by God’s grace.

Even in the deepest sinking there is the hidden purpose of an ultimate rising. Thus it is for all men from none is the source of light withheld unless he himself withdraws from it. Therefore the most important thing is not to despair.

Mistakes are often the best teachers.

Train your mind to see the opportunity in every adversity.

The Lord delivers us from the seventh trouble. He shall surely deliver us from the eight one.

Adversity is neither friend nor foe. It is a common acquaintance that is desired less and rewarded most when embraced.

They merit more praise who know how to suffer misery than those who temper themselves in contentment.

We can't always take the higher road when faced with adversity. Sometimes for the sake of restoration, peace and sharing the love of Jesus, we have to walk through the tribulation.

Every adversity brings new experiences and new lessons.

...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

Sweet are the uses of adversity.

There are three modes of bearing the ills of life: by indifference by philosophy and by religion.

Your back may be pushed against the wall, but your brain is not.

And even when success comes, as I am sure it will, bear in mind that there are more quiet and enviable joys than to be among the most sought after women at a ball...

Character and Professionalism can only be seen when faced with adversity…

May the Lord fight your battles for you.

A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner.

The Lord is the Lord of my life. He gives me hope.

Be willing to have it so acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune.

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.