2,568 Quotes About Adversity

Despair is anger with no place to go.

We fought through adversity all season long. We've come from behind. We can do it all.

Remember God in prosperity, and He will remember you in adversity

The winds of tribulation, which blow out some men's candles of commitment, only fan the fires of faith of others.

Regarding trials, including of our faith and patience, there are no exemptions-only variations.

The enlarging of the soul requires not only some remodeling, but some excavating.

If one is devoid of hope and thanksgiving, he cannot for long remain sinless, for he will, in despair, have slackened his resolve. Feelings of futility foster vulnerability. Self-pity is such a busy stagehand, rearranging the scenery to help sin make its entrance. No wonder the prophets say that without faith in the Lord, there is no hope.

During our mortal schooling in submissiveness, we will see the visible crosses that some carry, but other crosses will go unseen. A few individuals may appear to have no trials at all, which, if it were so, would be a trial in itself. Indeed, if, as do trees, our souls had rings to measure the years of greatest personal growth, the wide rings would likely reflect the years of greatest moisture-but from tears, not rainfall.

It is often better to be restricted to necessity than unconfined in the measure of our desires: prosperity destroys more individuals than adversity ruins.