Quotes related to James 1:2-4
The Lord confers great honor on his servants when he brings them suffering.
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
I see crosses at every turn. My flesh shudders over it, but my heart adores them. Yes, I hail you, crosses little and great, I hail you, and kiss your feet, unworthy of the honor of your shadow.
— Francis de Sales
You may go through difficulty, hardship, or trial—but as long as you are anchored to Him, you will have hope.
— Charles Stanley
Christianity does not provide the reason for each experience of pain, but it does provide deep resources for actually facing suffering with hope and courage rather than bitterness and despair
— Timothy Keller
Hope does not need to silence the rumblings of crisis to be hope.
— Walter Brueggemann
If God can bring blessing from the broken body of Jesus and glory from something that's obscene as the cross, He can bring blessing from my problems and my pain and my unanswered prayer.
— Anne Graham Lotz
Our triumph over sorrow is not that we can avoid it but that we can endure it. And therein lies our hope; that in spirit we might become bigger than the problems we face.
— Marianne Williamson
Be not discouraged. There is a future for you. . . . The resistance encountered now predicates hope. . .
— Frederick Douglass
Hope has two lovely daughters, anger and courage.
— St. Augustine
Challenges exist to be overcome! Let us be realists, but without losing our joy, our boldness and our hope-filled commitment. Let us not allow ourselves to be robbed of missionary vigour!
— Pope Francis
Out of the mountain of despair, a stone of hope.
— Martin Luther
Paul says that as Christians we can rejoice even in tough times because we have hope and because we know that God is working in our lives.
— Rick Warren