Suffering fuels strength.
Our failures make us who we are; they build our character, we are defined by what we do with them, and how we respond to adversity. Without failure there is no growth, no striving for better, no adjus...
(n.) Opposition; contrariety.
You can strive in life with courage, faith and hope.
I am unpersuaded that relative poverty and hard work are greater adversities than relative affluence and free time.
Constant success shows us but one side of the world adversity brings out the reverse of the picture.
All sorts of spiritual gifts come through privations if they are accepted.
Even if misfortune is only good for bringing a fool to his senses it would still be just to deem it good for something.
Times of general calamity and confusion have ever been productive of the greatest minds. The purist ore is produced from the hottest furnace and the brightest thunderbolt is elicited from the darkest...
A wounded deer leaps the highest.
They say a reasonable amount o' fleas is good for a dog - it keeps him from broodin' over bein' a dog mebbe.
You can't have more bugs than a blanketful.
From a fallen tree all make kindling.
The Lord delivers us from the seventh trouble. He shall surely deliver us from the eight one.
Learning to endure times of disappointment, suffering, and sorrow is part of our on-the-job training. These experiences, while often difficult to bear at the time, are precisely the kinds of experienc...
A star will shine in the midst of darkness.A flower will bloom in the midst of dirt.A camel will flourish in the midst of doubt.A diamond will form in the midst of pressure.A champion will rise in the...
In the midst of the disappointment, we find faith as an anchor!
Be grateful for the twists in the road. They teach us humility and grace. And any dancer in this life requires both
Of all the things people have taught me regarding life lessons or anything that would benefit me, I don't think anything helped me learn more about life than football. You go through so many different...
The same reason makes a man a religious enthusiast that makes a man an enthusiast in any other way: an uncomfortable mind in an uncomfortable body.
If we had no winter the spring would not be so pleasant if we did not sometimes taste of adversity prosperity would not be so welcome.