Quotes about Adversity

There are times for all of us when all the laughter seems to be gone, but we should not permit these periods to last too long. When we've lost our sense of humor, there isn't very much left. We become ridiculous. We must then go to war against the whole world, and that's a war we cannot win.

Just as the mighty sequoia would topple without a community of supporting trees, believers who seek transformation apart from a Christian community are vulnerable to spiritually topple in the winds of adversity.

Adversity is a severe instructor, set over us by one who knows us better than we do ourselves, as he loves us better too. He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill.

It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

If we don't face and overcome unsettling events in life, we are ruled by them.

If I've learned anything from video games, it's what when you meet enemies it means you're going in the right direction.

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.

His [Ishmael's] hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him.

The iron entered into his soul.

When poverty comes in at the door, love flies out the window.

"Murphy's Law": If something can go wrong, it will.