Quotes About Adversity

We are apt to believe in Providence so long as we have our own way; but if things go awry, then we think, if there is a God, he is in heaven, and not on earth.

I pray God I may never be brought to the melancholy trial, but if ever I should, it will be then known how far I can reduce to practice, principles, which I know to be founded in truth.

When you go through difficult times...recognize that God is refining you, knocking off some of your rough edges.

When you're in the pits, all the faith in the world won't get you out of it. But just a little faith in God will get you through it.

Friends die one by one, but so, thank God, do enemies.

God's way of dealing with us is to throw us into situations over our depth, then supply us with the necessary ability to swim.

The best people often have terrible lives. Job is one example, and Jesus—the ultimate 'Job,' the only truly, fully innocent sufferer — is another.

God keepe me from foure houses, an Vsurers, a Taverne, a Spittle, and a Prison.

Spiritual joy is what you experience when you choose to give thanks to God no matter what happens-even when things go wrong.

God can make greatness out of a great mess

Our problems are God's opportunities.

I have before me God's Word which cannot fail, nor can the gates of hell prevail against it; thereby will I remain, though the whole world be against me.

I mean it. Like, people always talk about how God doesn't ever give you more than you can handle, but I'm telling you right now, I cannot handle this. This is just too much!

The Devil sends the precipices; God sends the bridges! When you come across a precipice, look for the bridge; it is somewhere there!

God is to be recognized in all that exists, all that is charming, suffering, blooming or drooping.

I'm after a snake and please God I'll scotch it.

Misfortune was my god.

God can take anything that happens to us-even bad things-and use it to shape us and make us into a better, more Christlike person-if we let Him.

Today, we come together to confess our need of God. Those perpetrators who took us on to tear us apart, it has worked the other way. It has backfired; it has brought us together.

I called out to God, but the devil keeps answering.

Our extremities are God's opportunities.

God knows, I haven't always been successful.

You may pluck out my eyes, but that cannot kill me. You may chop off my nose, but that will not kill me. But blast my belief in God, and I am dead.

Fate can be one mean god at times.