Quotes related to James 1:2-4
God cares most not about making us comfortable, but about teaching us to hate our transgressions and to grow up spiritually to love him.
— Joni Eareckson Tada
The pain that comes from deep love makes your love more fruitful. It is like a plow that breaks the ground to allow the seed to take root.
— Henri Nouwen
Lessons often come dressed up as detours and roadblocks
— Oprah Winfrey
True, I am in love with suffering, but I do not know if I deserve the honor.
— Ignatius of Loyola
And is not the lute that soothes your spirit the very wood that was hollowed with knives?
— Khalil Gibran
The thing I love about God is He intentionally guides people into failure.
— Bob Goff
His Majesty [the Lord] . . . rewards great services with trials, and there can be no better reward, for out of trials springs love for God.
— Teresa of Avila
Suffering can become a means to greater love and greater generosity.
— Mother Teresa
My imperfections and failures are as much a blessing from God as my successes and my talents and I lay them both at his feet.
— Mahatma Gandhi
The sufferings endured for God are the greatest proof of our love for Him.
— Alphonsus Liguori
That I survived the Holocaust and went on to love beautiful girls, to talk, to write, to have toast and tea and live my life - that is what is abnormal.
— Elie Wiesel
Suffering provides the gym equipment on which my faith can be exercised.
— Joni Eareckson Tada