Quotes about Adversity
Every problem is a character-building opportunity, and the more difficult it is, the greater the potential for building spiritual muscle and moral fiber.
- Rick Warren
Prosperity has no power over adversity.
- Publilius Syrus
Adversity is always unexpected and unwelcomed. It is an intruder and a thief. But in the hands of God, adversity becomes the means through which HIS Supernatural Power is demonstrated.
- Charles Stanley
There is nothing happens to any person but what was in his power to go through with.
- Marcus Aurelius
The power is in the balance: we are our injuries, as much as we are our successes.
- Barbara Kingsolver
The surest way to reveal one's character is not through adversity but by giving them power.
- Abraham Lincoln
I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had no where else to go. My own wisdom and that of all about me seemed insufficient for that day.
- Abraham Lincoln
Prayer is not flight, prayer is power. Prayer does not deliver a man from some terrible situation; prayer enables a man to face and to master the situation.
- William Barclay
Prayer and love are really learned in the hour when prayer becomes impossible and your heart turns to stone.
- Thomas Merton
Pray not for lighter burdens but for stronger backs.
- Theodore Roosevelt
I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go. My own wisdom and that of all about me seemed insufficient for the day.
- Abraham Lincoln
Good people are good because they've come to wisdom through failure.
- William Saroyan