Quotes related to James 1:2-4
We exhibit the highest form of divine influence when we exemplify divine attitudes and attributes in the worst kind of situations and predicaments.
— Stephen Covey
Things can hurt us physically or economically and can cause sorrow. But our character, our basic identity, does not have to be hurt at all.
— Stephen Covey
While we can't always control what happens to us, we can always choose how we react to life's challenges.
— Stephen Covey
In fact, our most difficult experiences become the crucibles that forge our character and develop the internal powers, the freedom to handle difficult circumstances in the future and to inspire others to do so as well.
— Stephen Covey
It's not what happens to us, but our response to what happens to us that hurts us. Of course, things can hurt us physically or economically
— Stephen Covey
It's not what happens to us, but our response to what happens to us that hurts
— Stephen Covey
Many people experience a similar fundamental shift in thinking when they face a life-threatening crisis and suddenly see their priorities in a different light, or when they suddenly step into a new role
— Stephen Covey
The proactive approach to a mistake is to acknowledge it instantly, correct and learn from it. This literally turns a failure into a success. "Success," said IBM founder T. J. Watson
— Stephen Covey
Oh, my Lord! How true it is that whoever works for you is paid in troubles! And what a precious price to those who love you if we understand its value.
— Teresa of Avila
Love is never a fulfillment. Life is never a thing of continuous bliss. There is no paradise. Fight and laugh and feel bitter and feel bliss: and fight again. Fight, fight. That is life.
— DH Lawrence
In some seasons, Jesus asks us, "Will you still love Me when things are not happening the way that you thought they would happen?
— Mike Bickle
For one pain endured with joy, we shall love the good God more forever.
— St. Therese of Lisieux