Quotes about Hardship

When life is hard it's easy to focus only on the bad things and forget all about the good things God has given us. But God has blessed every one of us in ways we often overlook.

Dignify and glorify common labor. It is at the bottom of life that we must begin, not at the top.

I grew up in the 1930s Great Depression when many families struggled to make ends meet, and in an area where old-fashioned country gospel music was popular. Later, as an adult with a more mature outlook on Christianity, I realized that a lot of that music was rather shallow.

But, then, nothing is easy.

You have to be a bastard to make it, and that's a fact. And the Beatles are the biggest bastards on earth.

moral character gets formed through hardship, through overcoming obstacles, through enduring despite difficulties. Courage, for example, would be impossible in a world without pain. The apostle Paul testified to this refining quality of suffering when he wrote that 'suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope.'13

just about every human being can reflect on his or her past and say, 'I learned from that hardship. I didn't think I would at the time, but I'm a bigger and better person for having endured it and persevered.

Ease and luxury, such as our affluence brings us today, do not make for maturity; hardship and struggle do

If we have faith in Jesus Christ the hardest as well as the easiest times in life can be a blessing.

Surmounting difficulty is the crucible that forms character.

You might not be able to outthink, outmarket or outspend your competition, but you can outwork them.

Indifference is a form of sloth. For one can work hard, as I've always done, and yet wallow in sloth; be industrious about one's job, but scandalously lazy about all that isn't the job. Because, of course, the job is fun. Whereas the non-job---personal relations, in my case---is disagreeable and laborious.