Quotes about Challenges

What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise for which we are later, in the fullness of time and understanding, very grateful for!

Right now I'm having so much trouble with D.L. Moody that I don't have time to find fault with the other fellow.

I'm currently in the middle of a depression. I couldn't really tell you what set it off, but I think it stems from my cowardice, which confronts me at every turn.

I had an occasional flash of understanding, but then got selfishly wrapped up again in my own problems and pleasures.

Older people have formed their opinions about everything, and don't waver before they act. It's twice as hard for us young ones to hold our ground, and maintain our opinions, in a time when all ideals are being shattered and destroyed, when people are showing their worst side, and do not know whether to believe in truth and right and God.

After all, a person has only two hands, and these days there're too many patients and too few doctors.

I can easily quote the saying: Misfortunes never come singly.

but teachers are the most unpredictable creatures on earth.

It's difficult in times like these: ideals, dreams and cherished hopes rise within us, only to be crushed by grim reality.

Really, it's not easy being the badly brought-up center of attention of a family of nitpickers.

teachers are the greatest freaks on earth,....

Everyone thinks I'm showing off when I talk, ridiculous when I'm silent, insolent when I answer, cunning when I have a good idea, lazy when I'm tired, selfish when I eat one bite more than I should, stupid, cowardly, calculating, etc., etc. All day long I hear nothing but what an exasperating child I am, and although I laugh it off and pretend not to mind, I do mind. I wish I could ask God to give me another personality, one that doesn't antagonize everyone.