Quotes about Adversity

If you have no enemies you are apt to be in the same predicament in regard to friends.

Loves conquers all things except poverty and toothache.

We all face storms in life, whether it is a storm like Katrina, a storm in a marriage, or a storm in our finances.

certainly lived through more troubles than Tina, though Tina's own life couldn't be considered an easy one.

Maizy swallowed hard, a motion that almost strangled her in this blasted dress, and she nodded.

rubbed the ugly, jagged scar that ran from the corner of his eye to his hairline just above his ear. He was glad

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The devil is who torments good folks in the night. He whispers doubt in your ear. He stirs up anger. He picks at any little mistake you've made, or thinks you've made, and blows it up big. That's Satan, stirring and stirring trouble, like a pot he's trying to boil over, hoping he can spill sin through your soul and slop it all over the people around you.

Growth comes in the aftermath of failure, not wild success.

A bad beginning does not keep you from a good ending.

Battling wolves today strengthens you for battling lions tomorrow.

Be too great, like the Sun, to retaliate when lesser men throw stones at you.