598 Quotes About Trials

My soul is utterly frantic for that single place of perfect refuge from which I can clearly see the winds rip and hear the tempest tear, yet despite the ferocity of the tumult I rest in such a sublime peace it is as if neither existed at all. And if I have not yet found such a place, it is because I have not yet found God.

There are no rest stops on the road of life. Otherwise they'd be congested with traffic.

If we were willing to take the trial in our hands and peel back the pain, underneath the layers we would find unimagined opportunity. So maybe we should practice peeling.

I hope that you will be faced with difficult choices and decisions, trials that won’t undo you, but that will drive you toward reflection and understanding. Trust that your fears will sometimes tell you about your desires. You will see that you can survive the terror that comes with growth and change, with vulnerability and risk.

When you remember your own cross experience, you are not so quick to put down or talk about others.

The challenge is never based on the size of the obstacle that stands before me. Rather, it is dictated by the degree of faith that rests within me.

A popular idea does not infer correct one, it just means a lot of people can get something wrong at the same time. Ever hear of witch trials?

What happens to us are tiny matters compare to our motivation to live through every tribulations.

We can either go through a situation or grow through a situation, the choice is ours. Joseph is an excellent example to emulate (Genesis 37~50)