2,568 Quotes About Adversity

There is a moth in a cocoon outside the window... [It] has labored for hours... Inside the darkness, does it know why it must struggle? Somewhere in the mass of cells and neurons that make up its tiny body, is it aware that the struggle is God's way of pumping fluid into its wings? If not for the struggle, it would come into the world with a swollen body and flightless wings. It would be a creature without strength, unable to fulfill its purpose.

Do not let a late start lead you to a bad finish: the strongest in life can be the weakest in the beginning.

Faith and relationship are easy when things go well—and are difficult to maintain when things go unwell. Lest we forget that its foundation and strength will be tested in times of adversity—not in serenity.

Faith and relationship are easy when things go well—and are difficult to keep when things go unwell. Lest we forget that its foundation and strength will be tested in times of adversity—not in serenity.

Seeds can't rise without dirt.

Remember to remember: sometimes your adversary is your biggest asset. Where would David be without Goliath? Jesus without Judas?

God, give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, Courage to change the things which should be changed, and the Wisdom to distinguish the one from the other.

It is the desert that tests a seed's strength.

The love in my heart has always overcome all else.