Quotes related to James 1:2-4
Happiness ain't a thing in itself - it's only a contrast with something that ain't pleasant.
— Mark Twain
Happiness is not something you find, but rather something you create.
— Zig Ziglar
Happiness and the absurd are two sons of the same earth. They are inseparable.
— Albert Camus
Happiness is not at the top of the mountain, but in how to climb.
— Confucius
Events will take their course, it is no good of being angry at them; he is happiest who wisely turns them to the best account.
— Euripides
Happiness lies for those who cry, those who hurt, those who have searched, and those who have tried for only they can appreciate the importance of people who have touched their lives.
— Victor Hugo
Joy is more divine than sorrow, for joy is bread and sorrow is medicine.
— Henry Ward Beecher
If we approach adversities wisely, our hardest times can be times of greatest growth, which in turn can lead toward times of greatest happiness.
— Joseph Wirthlin
Happiness, remarked Maury Noble one day, is only the first hour after the alleviation of some especially intense misery.
— F Scott Fitzgerald
Be grateful for your difficulties and challenges, for they hold blessings. In fact... Man needs difficulties; they are necessary for health personal growth, individuation and self-actualisation.
— Carl Jung
Job found contentment and even joy, outside the context of comfort, health or stability. He understood the story was not about him, and he cared more about the story then he did about himself.
— Donald Miller
There is no greater mercy that I know of on earth than good health except it is sickness, and that has often been a greater mercy to me than health.
— Charles Spurgeon