Quotes related to James 1:2-4
The only way round is through.
— Robert Frost
Anyone who proposes to do good must not expect people to roll stones out of his way, but must accept his lot calmly, even if they roll a few more upon it.
— Albert Schweitzer
If you bear the cross unwillingly, you make it a burden, and load yourself more heavily; but you must bear it.
— Thomas a Kempis
When I decided to go into politics I weighed the costs. I would get criticism. But I went ahead. So when virulent criticism came I wasn't surprised. I was better able to handle it.
— Herbert Hoover
Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequence of any misfortune.
— William James
If you cast away one cross, you will certainly find another, and perhaps a heavier.
— Thomas a Kempis
No life is so hard that you can't make it easier by the way you take it.
— Ellen Glasgow
One of the many lessons that one learns in prison is that things are what they are and will be what they will be.
— Oscar Wilde
Too much happens ... Man performs, engenders so much more than he can or should have to bear. That's how he finds that he can bear anything.
— William Faulkner
Trouble will rain on those who are already wet.
— Anonymous
Be willing to have it so; acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune.
— William James
Suffering has always been with us, does it really matter in what form it comes? All that matters is how we bear it and how we fit it into our lives.
— Etty Hillesum