Quotes about Hardship

When I was a deacon, the ominous signs of the Great Depression began to appear. Tens of thousands lost their jobs. Money was scarce. Families had to do without. Some young people did not ask their mothers, 'What's for dinner?' because they knew all too well that their cupboards held very little.

Remember anything you want that's valuable requires you to break through short-term pain in order to gain long-term pleasure.

The farmers may be the backbone of the country, but who wants to be a backbone?

Poverty possesses this disease; through want it teaches a man evil.

Every worthwhile accomplishment big or little has its stages of drudgery and triumph a beginning a struggle and a victory.

In the scullery kitchens and probably the salt mines of this world, many a child is not so much raised as hammered into shape, Artie. To be of use. Surviving by the grace of utility alone.

For some, a lousy day's work will get you yelled at. For farmers, it's live or die.

That which we obtain too easily, we esteem too lightly. It is dearness only which gives everything its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price on its goods.

The price must be paid and the process followed.

The price must be paid and the process followed. You always reap what you sow; there is no shortcut.

Marriage. The roots are deep. The covenant is solid. The love is sweet. Life is hard. And God is good.

ROMANS 8:28, NKJV One of the most interesting and remarkable things Christians learn is that laughter does not exclude weeping. Christian joy is not an escape from sorrow. Pain and hardship still come, but they are unable to drive out the happiness of the redeemed.... Joy is what God gives, not what we work up. Laughter is the delight that things are working together for good to those who love God, an overflow of spirits that comes from feeling good not about yourself but about God.