Quotes about Adversity

What suffering teaches us is that three blessings flow from its tutelage: (1) the blessing of an amplified testimony, (2) the blessing of a fulfilled identity, and (3) the blessing of unshakable faith and strength that never drains away.

I try not to think of that," Major Danby admitted frankly. "I try to concentrate on only the big result and to forget that they are succeeding, too. I try to pretend that they are not significant." "That's my trouble, you know," Yossarian mused sympathetically, folding his arms. "Between me and every ideal I always find Scheisskopfs, Peckems, Korns and Cathcarts. And that sort of changes the ideal.

The biggest black eye that you can give the devil is to give God your pain and let Him turn it into gain.

The devil will give up when he sees that you are not going to give in.

Being negative only makes a difficult journey more difficult. You may be given a cactus, but you don't have to sit on it.

Sometimes new opportunity means new opposition. Not everything God asks us to do will be comfortable.

When a person is going through a hard time, his mind wants to give up. Satan knows that if he can defeat us in our mind, he can defeat us in our experience. That's why it is so important that we not lose heart, grow weary and faint.

Many times in our lives, we are dropped, crumpled, and ground into dirt by the decisions we make and the circumstances that come our way. We feel as though we are worthless. But no matter what has happened or what will happen, we will never lose our value in God's eyes.

Satan will aggressively fight against the renewal of your mind, but it is vital that you press on and continue to pray and study in this area until you gain measurable victory.

If someone hurts you, cry a river, then build a bridge and get over it. Unknown

Great character is not developed through ease and convenience but through doing NOW what needs to be done no matter how difficult it

A positive attitude gives you power over your circumstances, instead of your circumstances having power over you.