Quotes About Adversity

Prayer is not flight, prayer is power. Prayer does not deliver a man from some terrible situation; prayer enables a man to face and to master the situation.

The surest method against scandal is to live it down by perseverance in well-doing, and by prayer to God that He would cure the distempered mind of those who traduce and injure us.

Complaint is a prayer to the devil.

We don't have a prayer of defeating the Red Threat of our generation without a long boom of almost unprecedented duration.

in prosperity prayers seem but a mere medley of words, until misfortune comes and the unhappy sufferer first understands the meaning of the sublime language in which he invokes the pity of heaven!

I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go. My own wisdom and that of all about me seemed insufficient for the day.

When life knocks you to your knees and it will why get up! If it knocks you to your knees again as it will well isn't that the best position from which to pray?

Truly worthy are those who become brighter as the days get cloudier so that their light shines through, regardless of how hard the clouds are working to block their radiance.

When faced with trials, pray so that you cannot be the trial yourself.

No one is a firmer believer in the power of prayer than the devil not that he practices it but he suffers from it.

I would rather stand against the cannons of the wicked than against the prayers of the righteous.

It Is Very Easy To Defeat Someone, But It Is Very Hard To Win Someone

My relationship with "Pollyanna" is a very personal one, because Pollyanna got me through my childhood.

...Difficult relationships come into our lives for a reason. No one would choose them, certainly. But if we let them, they can teach us how to be flexible with others and more forgiving.

Test a servant while in the discharge of his duty, a relative in difficulty, a friend in adversity, and a wife in misfortune.

Families, friends and communities often find a source of courage rising up from within. Indeed, sadly, it seems that it is tragedy that often draws out the most and the best from the human spirit.

I just love a challenge, whether it's a relationship, my career, clothing.

Whatever changes the new era brings, whatever new pathways we take, I am sure that our special relationship with America - forged in adversity, will not change.

I hate drama. But at the same time, nothing bothers me more than when life's perfect. And that's the sick part. I just love a challenge, whether it's a relationship, my career, clothing.

One is born into a herd of buffaloes and must be glad if one is not trampled under foot before one's time.

The relationship between [John] Adams and [Tomas] Jefferson was extraordinary. They differed on every conceivable issue, except on the Revolution and the love of their country.

After awhile, your, your cheap talk don't even cause me pain, so let your bullets fly like rain.

Your desire to communicate must be bigger than your relationship with the chaotic and unfair realities.

he was either ill or very old; he'd taken the stairs like he was climbing a mountain with a Sherpa on his back.