If for a while the harder you try, the harder it gets, take heart. So it has been with the best people who ever lived. (The Inconvenient Messiah, BYU Speeches, Feb 15, 1982)
Through adversity, not only are we given an opportunity to discover our inner strength, we are also given the gift of foresight so we can shine a light for others who go through the experience after u...
(n.) Opposition; contrariety.
Times of great calamity and confusion have been productive for the greatest minds. The purest ore is produced from the hottest furnace. The brightest thunder-bolt is elicited from the darkest storm.
Every situation you conquer, you find the strength, your never knew you had.
Even if you are having a nightmare day during which nothing will go right, never cease looking for the ball. In the end everything will come right, for football is a game that rewards those who show c...
There is no education like adversity.
Helen Keller became deaf, dumb, and blind shortly after birth. Despite her greatest misfortune, she has written her name indelibly in the pages of the history of the great. Her entire life has served...
Someone said adversity builds character, but someone else said adversity reveals character. I'm pleasantly surprised with my resilience. I persevere, and not just blindly. I take the best, get rid of...
It is the north wind that lashes men into Vikings it is the soft luscious south wind which lulls them to lotus dreams.
Your first big trouble can be a bonanza if you live through it. Get through the first trouble and you'll probably make it through the next one.
Problems are the cutting edge that distinguishes between success and failure. Problems ... create our courage and wisdom.
What does not destroy me makes me strong.
Without darkness, we may never know how bright the stars shine. Without battles, we could not know what victory feels like. Without adversity, we may never appreciate the abundance in our lives. Be th...
I love those who can smile in trouble...
Greatness is the flower of great adversity.
Giving up isn't a deed. It is 'discontinuity' of a deed.
There is deep darkness before the dawn of light.
Emergencies have always been necessary to progress. It was darkness which produced the lamp. It was fog that produced the compass. It was hunger that drove us to exploration. And it took a depression...
I'm convinced that the world, more than ever, needs the music only you can make. And if it takes extra courage to keep playing in spite of your loss, many will applaud the effort. And who knows? Other...
Everyone wants to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.