Quotes about Hardship
Because God gave you your makeup and superintended every moment of your past, including all the hardship, pain, and struggles, He wants to use your words in a unique manner. No one else can speak through your vocal cords, and, equally important, no one else has your story.
- Charles Swindoll
I'm far from being god, but I work god damn hard.
- Jay-Z
No athlete is crowned but in the sweat of his brow.
- Saint Jerome
The tired ox treads with a firmer step.
- Saint Jerome
The inevitable consequence of poverty is dependence.
- Samuel Johnson
The angels minister to God's servants in time of hardship and danger.
- Billy Graham
Misfortunes never come single.
- Arthur Conan Doyle
How many a poor immortal soul I have met well-nigh crushed and smothered under its load, creeping down the road of life, pushing before it [an oversized home].
- Henry David Thoreau
The road to heaven is a hard road, but it is not joyless.
- John Piper
Many are still tested as was Abraham. They do not hear the voice of God speaking directly from the heavens, but he calls them by the teachings of his word and the events of his providence. They may be required to abandon a career that promises wealth and honor, to leave congenial and profitable associations and separate from kindred, to enter upon what appears to be only a path of self-denial, hardship, and sacrifice.
- Ellen White
Even being a Christian, you go through hard times. But you either go through hard times not having hope or realizing that Jesus is the only hope.
- Jeremy Camp
To learn patience is not to rebel against every hardship.
- Henri Nouwen