Quotes about Adversity
You can't grow strong without resistance.
— Rick Warren
In all my travels, I've never seen a country's population more determined to forgive, and to build and succeed than in Rwanda.
— Rick Warren
Martin Luther said, "You cannot keep birds from flying over your head but you can keep them from building a nest in your hair." You can't keep the Devil from suggesting thoughts, but you can choose not to dwell or act on them.
— Rick Warren
You will be tested by major changes, delayed promises, impossible problems, unanswered prayers, undeserved criticism, and even senseless tragedies.
— Rick Warren
Every problem is a character-building opportunity, and the more difficult it is, the greater the potential for building spiritual muscle and moral fiber. Paul said, "We know that these troubles produce patience. And patience produces character.
— Rick Warren
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