Man performs and engenders so much more than he can or should have to bear. That's how he finds that he can bear anything.

Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity is a greater.

Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater.

The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure very much.

Much of what we call evil is due entirely to the way men take the phenomenon. It can so often be converted into a bracing and tonic good by a simple change of the sufferer's inner attitude from one of fear to one of fight; its string can so often depart and turn into a relish when, after vainly seeking to shun it, we agree to face about and bear it...

Christianity entails doctrines that increase the probability of the coexistence of God and suffering.

It is good for me to be afflicted that I may die wholly to this world and all that is in it.

A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.

If we ask God for a calm, thankful heart that sees all the blessings His grace imparts, He can teach us many lessons in illness that can never be learned in health.

If you have put your faith in Christ and have spent significant time in the Word of God, the tough times can be like a magnet that draws you to the Lord Jesus. Nothing is going to happen - ever - that will catch Jesus Christ by surprise. He is able to help His children work through anything, and not a single thing is going to happen in the future that can change that fact.

We can find ourselves in the middle of God's perfect will and in the middle of a perfect storm at the same time!

When we accept what happens to us and make the best of it, we are praising God.