Quotes about Adversity
YOU GROW MORE FROM THE MOST CHALLENGING OFFENSES—THE ONES FOR WHICH YOU HAVE NOT BEEN TRAINED.
— John Bevere
He that is down needs fear no fall.
— John Bunyan
He that is down need fear no fall.
— John Bunyan
What God says is best, indeed is best, though all the men in the world are against it.
— John Bunyan
Who would true valor see,Let him come hither;One here will constant be,Come wind, come weather.There's no discouragementShall make him once relentHis first avow'd intentTo be a pilgrim.
— John Bunyan
He that is down, needs fear no fall,He that is low, no pride.
— John Bunyan
What God says is best, is best, though all the men in the world are against it.
— John Bunyan
Dark clouds bring waters, when the bright bring none.
— John Bunyan
The first kind of problems are the ones life sends upon you to test you, to make you humble or make you longsuffering, or whatever you may need.
— John C. Wright
Some problems build character. You cannot grow without this kind of problem, any more than you can build muscles without exercise.
— John C. Wright
It is clear that bearing the cross patiently does not mean that we harden ourselves or do not feel any sorrow; according to the old notion of the Stoic philosophers that a greathearted man is someone who has laid off his humanity, and who is not touched by adversity and prosperity, and not even by joy and sorrow, but who acts like a cold rock.
— John Calvin
There shall never be quietness for the Kingdom of Christ in this world, because it will always be infested and troubled by its enemies.
— John Calvin