Quotes related to James 1:2-4
A great artist has to be ready to fail.
— Marina Abramovic
Take advantage of little sufferings even more than of great ones. God considers not so much what we suffer as how we suffer. . . Turn everything to profit as the grocer does in his shop.
— Louis de Montfort
The two Virtues of Equanimity and Compassion become more available to the person whose ego-shell has been smashed-either by great suffering or by great love-or by both.
— Fr. Richard Rohr
Prosperity tries the fortunate, adversity the great.
— Rose Kennedy
Too often we forget that the great men of faith reached the heights they did only by going through the depths.
— Os Guinness
Only in eternity shall we see the beauty of the soul, and only then shall we realize what great things were accomplished by interior suffering.
— Mother Angelica
Just because you are struggling does NOT mean you are failing. Every great success requires some kind of struggle to get there.
— Nicky Gumbel
Before every great opportunity God gave me a great trial.
— Martin Luther
The principles of living greatly include the capacity to face trouble with courage, disappointment with cheerfulness, and trial with humility.
— Thomas Monson
Remember that just the moment you say, "I give up," someone else seeing the same situation is saying, "My, what a great opportunity."
— H Jackson Brown, Jr.
Every great leader of the past, whose record I have examined, was beset by difficulties and met with temporary defeat before 'arriving
— Napoleon Hill
Great hearts can only be made by great troubles. The spade of trouble digs the reservoir of comfort deeper, and makes more room for consolation.
— Charles Spurgeon