Quotes about Challenges

Who would answer all the questions, fulfill all the requests? Would anyone? Could anyone? History had taught the citizens of Watts to hope for the best and expect nothing, but be prepared for the worst.

You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them." —Maya Angelou

You will face many defeats in life, but never let yourself be defeated.

Struggling is okay. Back-stepping is okay. Small bits of progress are not only okay, they're admirable.

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There is no situation in life that can't be improved by laugher. Sometimes humor can help us get through situations we couldn't possibly endure without it. Sometimes laughter isn't superfluous; it's essential. Sometimes laughter is the next lesson we need to be learning.

we're not always ready to receive God's love. And we're not prepared to accept that it comes in a variety of ways. Often when we least expect it, God's love can show up in the form of something or someone we aren't happy to see-something or someone we want to push away or even run from. And, let me tell you, God's love can make us downright uncomfortable at times.

Sometimes regulations hinder and need to be broken or ignored.

But for those who resist insisting on idyllic circumstances and faultless people, new beginnings can be had.

God can prevail and bear wonderful fruit from an unequally yoked couple as we will see, even though their lives are often more complicated than they had to be.

It is necessary to pass through many troubles on our way into the kingdom of God. Acts 14:22

Victory always assumes a counterpart defeat. We will never take our places as "more than overcomers" with nothing to overcome. We will never be victors without opponents.