Quotes About Adversity

Amicu certus in re incerta cernitur' [A true friend is a friend when in difficulty]

Remember when life's path is steep to keep your mind even.

When you invite trouble, it's usually quick to accept.

Bootless grief hurts a man?s self, but patience makes a jest of an injury.

Too much to lament a misery is the next way to draw on a remediless mischief.

There is a wide world out there, my friend, full of pain, but filled with joy as well. The former keeps you on the path of growth, and the latter makes the journey tolerable.

We grow because we struggle, we learn and overcome.

I want to believe him. I know stuff happens to people and they can't always be who they were or who they think they're supposed to be. But knowing that doesn't mean I'm okay with it. It's more like what Mr. Krueger says about black holes: We can't wish them away, so we'd better learn as much as we can about where they are and how they work so we don't get sucked in.

Well, I believe that the depth of your struggle can determine the height of your success. I was inspired to come out of everything I've been through and end up in a place where I never thought that I would be.

Even though I disagree with many of the changes, when I see the privates graduate at the end of the day, when they walk off that drill field at the end of the ceremony, they are still fine privates outstanding, well motivated privates.

When faced with a challenge (be it a hurricane or a struggling business or a reluctance to start writing), we must decide to act and then we must act. We should perceive our worries as an indication that we should meet our challenges head on, cut right to the heart of them, and take action. Otherwise, we'll be in the aftermath of the storm, sitting and staring at that old tree that's collapsed onto our patio, and asking, "Well, what now?

If soot stains your tunic, dye it black. This is vengeance.

When the brook dries up because there is no rain, but you say, "Praise the Lord," you bring great honor to God. Trust Him to show you the next step forward. He will. He is never too early, never too late, but always just on time. When God closes a door, He opens a window. Learn to accept the closed door and be prepared for the surprising window that will open. It opened for Elijah and it will open for you.

What do you do when you are misunderstood? Elijah impressively set a standard for how one should respond when

Knowledge and book learning are not wisdom," said the captain. "Is this book wisdom?" asked Lucy, putting the manuscript back on the table. "It has some elements of wisdom in it, me dear," replied the captain. "I did not lead a very wise life myself but it was a full one and a grown-up one. You come to age very often through shipwreck and disaster, and at the heart of the whirlpool some men find God.

Our character is revealed under pressure.

Problems are a part of life in a fallen world, and they are necessary part of it, necessary to our testing and to our growth.

It takes a surprising amount of courage to place one's hand into an unseen area when your mind is thinking about vermin.

if you are true to the leading of the Holy Spirit, you will have to do things that humble you, make you appear as a wimp, and do things that nobody will admire.

Hardships often prepare ordinary people for extraordinary destiny. —C. S. LEWIS

In our case, God often raises up an enemy to see if we really want to be like Jesus.

We can be at peace through the realization that the adversity is beneficial to act as the genuine demand for wisdom and spiritual power.

What breaks us is rarely what we expect.

am alone. It is a choice I've made, yet it is also a choice made with few other options available. Beiruti society wasn't fond of divorced, childless women in those days. Still, I made my bed—a simple, comfortable, and adequate bed, I might add.