Quotes related to James 1:2-4
Life doesn't do anything to you. It only reveals your spirit.
— John Maxwell
Why should I ever resist any delay or disapointment, any affliction or oppression or humiliation - when I know God will use it in my life to make me like Jesus and to prepare me for heaven?
— Kay Arthur
Everyone goes through adversity in life, but what matters is how you learn from it.
— Lou Holtz
I see that a lot in my own life and in the lives of others.Does the presence of pain mean the absence of God?
— Max Lucado
She comprehended the perversity of life, that in the struggle lies the joy.
— Maya Angelou
You have to deal with what you encounter. But you must not be reduced. And so a way not to be reduced is don't whine! Don't let the incidents which take place in life bring you low.
— Maya Angelou
If you think your lot in life has been hard read "Up From Slavery" by Booker T. Washington, and you may see how fortunate you have been.
— Napoleon Hill
In the face of life's difficulties, let us ask the Lord for the strength to remain joyful witnesses to our faith.
— Pope Francis
A small step, in the midst of great human limitations, can be more pleasing to God than a life which appears outwardly in order but moves through the day without confronting great difficulties.
— Pope Francis
No experience is ever wasted. Everything has meaning.
— Oprah Winfrey
The business of life summons us away from useless grief, and calls us to the exercise of those virtues of which we are lamenting our deprivation.
— Samuel Johnson
In the secular view, suffering is never seen as a meaningful part of life but only as an interruption.
— Timothy Keller