Adversity Quotes - Page 33

• Adversity itself may lead toward and not away from God and spiritual enlightenment; and privation may prove a source of strength if we can but keep a sweetness of mind and spirit.

  David O. McKay

  Spiritual, Mind, Enlightenment

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• No one wants adversity. Trials, disappointments, sadness, and heartache come to us from two basically different sources. Those who transgress the laws of God will always have those challenges. The other reason for adversity is to accomplish the Lord's own purposes in our life that we may receive the refinement that comes from testing. It is vitally important for each of us to identify from which of these two sources come our trials and challenges, for the corrective action is very different.

  Richard G. Scott

  Disappointment, Sadness, Law

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• Despite trials, worldly confusion, and caustic voices, we can trust in the Lord and go forward with happy hearts, knowing that with every challenge or problem, there's the strength to go on. Why? Because we know His promises are real, that He does know us by name and has a plan for each of us. He will help us learn what it is and give us joy in doing it.

  Elaine L. Jack

  Real, Heart, Names

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• Adaptability cushions the impact of change or disappointment.

  Marvin J. Ashton

  Disappointment, Impact, Adaptability

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• When we face seemingly insurmountable obstacles in the fulfillment of righteous responsibilities, we should remember that when we are involved in the work of the Lord, the obstacles before us are never as great as the power behind us. We should reach out and climb. Handholds will only be found by hands that are outstretched. Footholds are only for feet that are on the move.

  Dallin H. Oaks

  Moving, Responsibility, Hands

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• Righteousness has never precluded adversity.

  M. Russell Ballard

  Righteousness

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• Regarding trials, including of our faith and patience, there are no exemptions-only variations.

  Neal A. Maxwell

  Variation, Trials, Exemption

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• We do not succeed in changing things according to our desire, but gradually our desire changes. The situation that we hoped to change because it was intolerable becomes unimportant. We have not managed to surmount the obstacle, as we were absolutely determined to do, but life has taken us round it, led us past it, and then if we turn round to gaze at the remote past, we can barely catch sight of it, so imperceptible has it become.

  Marcel Proust

  Life, Taken, Past

  "In Search of Lost Time, Volume VI: The Sweet Cheat Gone". Book by Marcel Proust, 1925.

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• The first question to be answered by any individual or by any social group, The real handle facing a hazardous sit - to a difficult uation, is whether the stuaton crisis is to be met as a challenge to strength or as an occasion for despair.

  Harry Emerson Fosdick

  Challenges, Despair, Firsts

  "The Challenge of the Present Crisis".

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• There is much that is difficult and challenging in the world today, my brothers and sisters, but there is also much that is good and uplifting. As we declare in our thirteenth article of faith, 'If there is anything virtuous, lovely, or of good report or praiseworthy, we seek after these things.' May we ever continue to do so.

  Thomas S. Monson

  Uplifting, Brother, Challenges

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• As days lengthen into weeks and months and even years of adversity, the hurt grows deeper. The Church cannot hope to save a man on Sunday if during the week it is a complacent witness to the crucifixion of his soul.

  D. Todd Christofferson

  Hurt, Sunday, Men

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• These fiery trials are designed to make you stronger, but they have the potential to diminish or even destroy your trust in the Son of God and to weaken your resolve to keep your promises to Him. These trials are often camouflaged, making them difficult to identify. They take root in our weaknesses, our vulnerabilities, our sensitivities, or in those things that matter most to us. A real but manageable test for one can be a fiery trial for another.

  Neil L. Andersen

  Real, Son, Roots

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• You will suffer, be tempted, and make mistakes. You will learn for yourself what every heroine has learned: through overcoming challenges come growth and strength. It is your reaction to adversity, not the adversity itself, that determines how your life's story will develop.

  Dieter F. Uchtdorf

  Mistake, Challenges, Growth

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• How can we love days that are filled with sorrow? We can't-at least not in the moment. I don't think my mother was suggesting that we suppress discouragement or deny the reality of pain. I don't think she was suggesting that we smother unpleasant truths beneath a cloak of pretended happiness. But I do believe that the way we react to adversity can be a major factor in how happy and successful we can be in life.

  Joseph B. Wirthlin

  Mother, Pain, Believe

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• One of the advantages of having lived a long time is that you can often remember when you had it worse. I am grateful to have lived long enough to have known some of the blessings of adversity.

  James E. Faust

  Life, Grateful, Blessing

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• Never forget that God tests his real friends more severely than the lukewarm ones.

  Kathryn Hulme

  Real, Tests, Never Forget

  Kathryn Hulme, Edward Streeter, Helen Howe, Frank O'Rourke, Winston Graham (1956). “The Nun's Story, Merry Christmas Mr. Baxter, The Success, The Diamond Hitch, The Sleeping Partner”

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• If you have not clung to a broken piece of your old ship in the dark night of the soul, your faith may not have the sustaining power to carry you through to the end of the journey.

  Rufus Jones

  Dark, Night, Journey

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• It appears that when life is broken by tragedy God shines through the breach.

  George Arthur Buttrick

  Broken, Shining, Tragedy

  George Arthur Buttrick (1942). “Prayer”

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• Does this mean we will always understand our challenges? Won't all of us, sometime, have reason to ask, 'O God, where art thou?' Yes! When a spouse dies, a companion will wonder. When financial hardship befalls a family, a father will ask. When children wander from the path, a mother and father will cry out in sorrow. Yes, 'weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.' Then, in the dawn of our increased faith and understanding, we arise and choose to wait upon the Lord, saying, 'Thy will be done.'

  Robert D. Hales

  Mother, Morning, Art

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• Those who have succeeded have also had the ability to overcome adversity, disappointment, and even tragedy in their lives.

  LaVell Edwards

  Life, Disappointment, Tragedy

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• The sharpest sting of adversity it borrows from our own impatience.

  George Horne

  Impatience

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• Life never was intended to be easy. Rather, it is a period of proving and growth. It is interwoven with difficulties, challenges, and burdens. We are immersed in a sea of persistent, worldly pressures that could destroy our happiness. Yet these very forces, if squarely faced, provide opportunity for tremendous personal growth and development. The conquering of adversity produces strength of character, forges self-confidence, engenders self-respect, and assures success in righteous endeavor.

  Richard G. Scott

  Adventure, Character, Self Confidence

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• Love is a fabric which never fades, no matter how often it is washed in the water of adversity and grief.

  Robert Fulghum

  Love, Grief, Water

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• Each misfortune you encounter will carry in it the seed of tomorrow's good luck.

  Og Mandino

  Good Luck, Encounters, Lucky

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• Be calm and strong and patient. Meet failure and disappointment with courage. Rise superior to the trials of life, and never give in to hopelessness or despair. In danger, in adversity, cling to your principles and ideals. Aequanimitas!

  William Osler

  Life, Strong, Disappointment

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