Quotes about Adversity

A world where everything was easy would be a nursery for babies, but not at all a fit place for men.

Man's upward progress means ever increasing difficulty, which is to be welcomed.

Ignorance is not bliss; it is defeat. If you are a Christian, you are the target. If

God will test your faith in order to strengthen it, but Satan's temptations are intended to destroy your faith.

share any mental or physical opposition that you are experiencing.

God does not promise to make a bad thing good, nor has He assured us that He will keep us from bad things. He has promised us that in all things-even those that are terrible-good can come out of it for all those who love Him.

We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear.

A dark world only makes the brighter moments shine that much more.

You have enemies? Why, it is the story of every man who has done a great deed or created a new idea. It is the cloud which thunders around everything that shines. Fame must have enemies, as light must have gnats. Do no bother yourself about it; disdain. Keep your mind serene as you keep your life clear.

Sorrow is a fruit. God does not make it grow on limbs too weak to bear it.

So your desire is to do nothing? Well, you shall not have a week, a day, an hour, free from oppression. You shall not be able to lift anything without agony. Every passing minute will make your muscles crack. What is feather to others will be a rock to you. The simplest things will become difficult. Life will become monstrous about you. To come, to go, to breathe, will be so many terrible tasks for you. Your lungs will feel like a hundred-pound weight.

A people, like stars, are entitled to eclipse. All is well, provided the light returns and the eclipse does not become endless night. Dawn and resurrection are synonymous. The reappearance of the light is the same as the survival of the soul.