Quotes About Trials

That which causes us trials shall yield us triumph: and that which make our hearts ache shall fill us with gladness. The only true happiness is to learn, to advance, and to improve: which could not happen unless we had commenced with error, ignorance, and imperfection. We must pass through the darkness, to reach the light.

Often in the past he had wondered what it would be like to be subjected (soma-less and with nothing but his own inward resources to rely on) to some great trial, some pain, some persecution; he had even longed for affliction.

Sometimes one has suffered enough to have the right to never say: I am too happy.

Sólo el que ha experimentado el colmo del infortunio puede sentir la felicidad suprema

Bob Brennan went on to become a fair dog handler, and he and Shep won several open trials, but he never forgot the slight woman working his dog, better than he could, out in the middle of nowhere; woman, dog, sheep moving with great precision, and she never repeated a request (Bob Brennan couldn't call them commands), and she spoke so soft - just Penny and Shep and the sky, stretching from Canada to Mexico, lighter blue at the rim than in the bowl overhead. Shep never forgot it either.

If it does not come at the last to gladness, then to hell with it.

God shakes what can be shaken so that what cannot be shaken may remain (Heb. 12:27).

Pain concentrates the mind. Pain tethers you to this world, and the rope is a stout one. But at the same time, the grace of God enables you to look along the pain, to look down the entire length of the trial, and to see the purpose and point of it all.

I'm sorry to say so but, sadly, it's true that Bang-ups and Hang-ups can happen to you.

And I learned that are troubles Of more than one kind Some come from ahead And some come from behind.

We can stand affliction better than we can prosperity, for in prosperity we forget God.

If we are faithful to God in little things, we shall gain experience and strength that will be helpful to us in the more serious trials of life.

Our trials are supposed to turn us toward God, but we whine and complain and wish someone would turn down the fire so we could have our old life back the way it was.

The Bible teaches that true joy is formed in the midst of the difficult seasons of life.

I have not suffered a lot for Christ, but I want to tell you that those times that I have suffered and I knew it was for Jesus, have been some of the happiest times of my entire life.

We can choose to see life as a series of trials and tribulations, or we can choose to see life as an accumulation of treasures.

The blues are what I've turned to, what has given me inspiration and relief in all the trials of my life.

The trials of life will not wait for us. They come at their own time, not caring much to inquire how ready we may be to meet them.

The difficulties, hardships and trials of life, the obstacles... are positive blessings. They knit the muscles more firmly, and teach self-reliance.

Every trial that ever burdened a mortal man, every temptation that ever stormed a human heart, and every blessing that ever delighted a needy soul have been skillfully designed by the Creator for one purpose: to draw men to Himself.

Charlie says that "God gives us a choice when we face difficult circumstances."3 We can choose misery or "we can choose to face our trials with God's help, knowing that we'll come out the other side as stronger people for the experience."4

Amongst the many trials to which the human mind is subjected, that of holding intercourse, real or imaginary, with the world of spirits: of finding itself alone with a being terrific and awful, whose nature and power are unknown, has been justly considered the most severe.

We all want a testimony, but we'd rather skip the test that gives us one.

In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. These have come so that your faith — of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire — may be proved genuine and may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed. 1 PETER 1:6 – 7