Quotes About Adversity

I always say if God didn't allow any bad things to happen we would already be in heaven, and we are not there.

You have to consider the possibility that God does not like you.

All we have to do is to go onward and upward, and keep the commandments of our Father and God; and he will confound our enemies.

Paradoxical as it may seem, God means not only to make us good, but to make us also happy, by sickness, disaster and disappointment.

The egg is white though the hen is black as coal...Out of evil comes good, through the great goodness of God.

Fifty-five years ago, when my dad was a penniless teenager, thank God some well-meaning bureaucrat didn't put his arm around him and say let me take care of you.

Problems are God's resistance to create spiritual muscles.

God has administered to us of the present age, a bitter draught and a harsh physician, on account of our abounding infirmities.

When God closes a door, he opens a window, but it's up to you to find it.

God has to nearly kill us sometimes, to teach us lessons.

God's people should plan for a voyage of a thousand years, but be prepared to abandon ship tonight.

The biggest black eye that you can give the devil is to give God your pain and let Him turn it into gain.

If there was a god, I'd still have both nuts.

God, despite my circumstances, I will find reasons to praise You.

Our dear country, Iran, throughout history has been subject to threats.

God sends rain, but He also sends hoods; and when the rain grows heavier, He sends a cave.

Sometimes, certain of God's blessings arrive by shattering all the windows. (Brida)

Regardless of the cause, none of your problems could happen without God's permission.

What is God trying to tell me? ... I'm just so tired. Why are people sabotaging me? Why, when I try to do something right, do people get angry?

When barriers are put in front of you, it's God or the universe asking you to remember who you are, and reminding you not to let yourself be defined by things outside of you.

God does not always punish a nation by sending it adversity. More often He gives the oppressors their hearts' desire, and sends leanness withal into their soul.

Dear God. Not only am I unemployed and homeless, but I also have a pregnant woman, bereaved dog, elephant, and eleven horses to take care of.

In all adversity, what God takes away He may give us back with increase.

I had the choice to either grow up and find God in the situation or become bitter. I chose to find God. And I experienced freedom like I never knew before.