Quotes related to James 1:2-4
The great wisdom of life is that we can be masters of the things that try to enslave us.
— Paulo Coelho
None of us can come to the highest maturity without enduring the summer heat of trials.
— Charles Spurgeon
Adversity, if for no other reason, is of benefit, since it is sure to bring a season of sober reflection. People see clearer at such times. Storms purify the atmosphere.
— Henry Ward Beecher
Don't duck the most difficult problems. That just ensures that the hardest part will be left when you are most tired. Get the big one done - it's downhill from then on.
— Norman Vincent Peale
It's the impeded stream that sings.
— Wendell Berry
There is always a temptation to diddle around in the contemplative life, making itsy-bitsy statues.
— Thomas Merton
Live your life so that whenever you lose, you are ahead.
— Will Rogers
Have I yet to learn that the hardest and best-borne trials are those which are never chronicled in any earthly record, and are suffered every day!
— Charles Dickens
You will profit by the failure, and will avoid it another time. I have done a similar thing myself, in construction, often. Every failure teaches a man something, if he will learn.
— Charles Dickens
You would not have the wisdom and knowledge you now possess were it not for the setbacks you have faced, the mistakes you have made and the suffering you have endured.
— Robin Sharma
God does not delight in our sufferings. He brings only that which is necessary, but He does not shrink from that which will help us grow.
— Jerry Bridges
If you allow it, [suffering] can be the means by which God brings you His greatest blessings.
— Charles Swindoll