Quotes about Adversity
The central lie of Satan to all God's suffering children comes in the form of this question: "Where is your God now?" The lie embedded in this question is that our suffering is clear evidence that we have been forsaken by God.
— Paul David Tripp
In a fallen world there is a powerful pressure to constrict your life to the shape and size of your life.
— Paul David Tripp
Suffering doesn't so much change your heart as expose what has been in your heart all along.
— Paul David Tripp
Running a startup is like being punched in the face repeatedly, but working for a large company is like being waterboarded.
— Paul Graham
There is suffering in life, and there are defeats. No one can avoid them. But it's better to lose some of the battles in the struggles for your dreams than to be defeated without ever knowing what you're fighting for.
— Paulo Coelho
But there is suffering in life, and there are defeats. No one can avoid them. But it's better to lose some of the battles in the struggles for your dreams than to be defeated without ever knowing what you're fighting for.
— Paulo Coelho
The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.
— Paulo Coelho
At times there is a crushing before a crowning.
— Perry Stone
Persecution is designed to make you run away from the Word (Matthew 13:21).
— Perry Stone
Strong believers will run to the Word and not from the Word in times of attack.
— Perry Stone
Weeds choke the life out of anything good that might grow.
— Perry Stone
If God is with you, who can be against you?
— Perry Stone