Quotes related to James 1:2-4
It's better to have the faith to embrace reality with all its pain than to cling to the false comfort of a painless fantasy.
— John Ortberg
The path of progress is seldom smooth. New things are often found hard to do. Our fathers found them so. We find them so. But are we not made better for the effort and scarifice?
— William McKinley
A trial is an instrument by which our Father in heaven makes Christians more holy.
— JC Ryle
I do believe, as my father once said, that "No matter how hard the loss, defeat might serve as well as victory to shake the soul and let the glory out."
— Al Gore
Have we the humility to thank our Father for the gift of pain?
— Elisabeth Elliot
In some ways suffering ceases to be suffering at the moment it finds a meaning, such as the meaning of a sacrifice.
— Viktor E. Frankl
When we are willing to stay even a moment with uncomfortable energy, we gradually learn not to fear it.
— Pema Chodron
Do not put faith in constant happiness, and fear most when all smiles upon you.
— Ignatius of Loyola
Successful people have a bigger fear of failure than people who've never done anything because if you haven't been successful, then you don't know how it feels to lose it all.
— Jay-Z
Successful people don't fear failure, but understand that it's necessary to learn and grow from.
— Robert Kiyosaki
Let God turn your mess into your message.
— Joyce Meyer
The secret to life is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.
— Paulo Coelho