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Quotes About Trials

Suffering in and of itself does not lead a person into a deeper relationship with God. As with those who hear the word of God yet do not respond to it with faith, suffering divorced from faith and hope will actually embitter us as our hearts grow harder rather than softer toward God. In other words, suffering will either make us run to God or away from Him. In the midst of trials, we must ask ourselves, "Is this trial making me bitter and callous, or is it making me loving and gentle?
~ Alistair Begg
If regularly read and contemplated, your blessing will be one of the greatest helps you could ever have in overcoming temptation, figuring out your life's profession, finding your eternal companion, enduring your trials, and returning home to your Father and Mother in Heaven.
~ Alonzo L. Gaskill
Life is still life. It's still tough, complicated, and more than a little messy, with lessons to be learned, mistakes to be made, triumphs and disappointments to be had, and not every day is meant to be a party.
~ Alyson Noel
I like that kind of weather. Constant drizzle. At the Olympic trials in 2012, my mom was, like, 'It's pouring rain out there, Mary. You shouldn't even notice it. You're Irish.'
~ Mary Cain
Bear the Cross cheerfully and it will bear you.
~ Thomas a Kempis
Worms, fire, or the sea might consume my body. But my spirit will live in a world with no more wanderings and trials. I do not have to pass through many painful incarnations. Beyond death lies paradise.
~ Richard Wurmbrand
Sometimes the greatest tests of our strength are situations that don't seem so obviously dangerous. Sometimes surviving is the hardest thing of all.
~ Richelle Mead
Sometimes the greatest tests of our strength are situations that don't seem obviously dangerous. Sometimes surviving is the hardest thing of all. -Abe
~ Richelle Mead
Sometimes the greatest tests of our strenght are situations that don´t seem so obviously dangerous. Sometimes surviving is the hardest thing of all.
~ Richelle Mead
Sometimes the greatest tests of out strength are situations that don't seem so obviously dangerous. Sometimes surviving is the hardest thing of all.
~ Richelle Mead
For very long periods I am really patient, and then out breaks my bad temper. It is not so difficult to bear great trials, but these little buzzing mosquitos are so trying.
~ Robert Alexander
Behind every trial and every sorrow that He makes us shoulder, God has a reason.
~ Khaled Hosseini
Whether one has a correct outlook on the revolution or not is revealed particularly at a time of severe trials. People reveal their true nature in adverse circumstances.
~ Kim Jong Il
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, alive
~ Kim Stanley Robinson
Unless there is a Good Friday in your life, there can be no Easter Sunday.
~ Fulton J. Sheen
In this world of Maya, which is averse to the Lord, full of trials and tribulations, only patience, humility and respect for others are our friends for Hari bhajana.
~ Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati
Satan will try to use our troubles to worry and weaken us. But God uses them to strengthen us.
~ Johnny Hunt
The godly are not exempt from trouble but are preserved in it.
~ Johnny Hunt
Life consists of two days: one for you and one against you, so when it's for you don't be proud or reckless, and when it's against you be patient, for both days are test for you
~ Ali ibn Abi Talib
It is not the trials in your life that develop or destroy you, but rather your response to those hardships.
~ Charles Stanley
In our moments of pain and trial, I guess we would shudder to think it could be worse, but without the atonement it not only could be worse, it would be worse.
~ Jeffrey R. Holland
For some people, she thought, trials were only temporary; they sailed towards happiness through the roughest weather.
~ Emma Donoghue
Tentative efforts lead to tentative outcomes. Therefore, give yourself fully to your endeavors. Decide to construct your character through excellent actions and determine to pay the price of a worthy goal. The trials you encounter will introduce you to your strengths. Remain steadfast...and one day you will build something that endures: something worthy of your potential.
~ Epictetus
Life is so generous a giver, but we, judging its gifts by their covering, cast them away as ugly or heavy or hard. Remove the covering and you will find beneath it a living splendor, woven of love, by wisdom, with power. Welcome it, grasp it, and you touch the angel's hand that brings it to you. Everything we call a trial, a sorrow, or a duty, believe me, that angel's hand is there; the gift is there, and the wonder of an overshadowing presence.
~ Amy Hollingsworth