Trials Quotes - Page 11

• The faithful believe that certain truths have been 'revealed.' The skeptics and secularists believe that truth is only to be sought by free inquiry and trial and error. Only one of those positions is dogmatic.

  Christopher Hitchens

  Believe, Errors, Faithful

  6 Copy quote

• He will never let the trial surpass the strength He gives you, and at the very moment you think yourself overwhelmed by sorrow, He will lift you up and give you peace.

  Rose Philippine Duchesne

  Thinking, Giving, Sorrow

  60 Copy quote

• Profit by the little trials that come to you, for through them we make real progress.

  Rose Philippine Duchesne

  Real, Progress, Littles

  8 Copy quote

• Indonesia isn't the most beautiful country in the world. I don't think so. Italy is much lovelier - and France too. It's a very problematic country. And that's why you have to stay here for the rest of your life. Indonesia is a process. It's not a finished idea. It's a practice, and a trial and error.

  Goenawan Mohamad

  Beautiful, Country, Thinking

  9 Copy quote

• True Christians are assured that no temptation (or trial) shall happen to them but what they shall be enabled to bear; and that the grace of Christ shall be sufficient for them.

  Roger Sherman

  Christian, Temptation, Grace

  31 Copy quote

• In college, I was like most young men, doing what pleased me and looking out mainly for my own interest. I had success in baseball and was very popular in school but all these things, which the world chases after, left me empty and unfulfilled. Through a series of trials and difficult times, the Lord opened my eyes to my sin and what would truly fulfill me. June 9, 2001, I received forgiveness and the gift of eternal life through Jesus Christ.

  Luke Scott

  Baseball, Jesus, Eye

  4 Copy quote

• I never imagined that divorce would be part of my life history or my family's legacy. When people say that divorce can be more painful than death, I understand why. But like any great trial, God uses everything for good, if we allow Him to heal us.

  Kristin Armstrong

  Divorce, People, Legacy

  14 Copy quote

• Be not afraid of those trials which God may see fit to send upon thee. It is with the wind and the storm of tribulation that God, in the garner of the soul, separates the true wheat from the chaff. Always remember, therefore, that God comes to thee in thy sorrows as really as in thy joys. He lays low and He builds up. Thou wilt find thyself far from perfection if thou dost not find God in everything.

  Miguel de Molinos

  Wind, Perfection, Joy

  13 Copy quote

• Persistence means giving full concentration to whatever you are doing right now. ... Persistence is success through trial, error, resetting your goals, and moving toward the target.

  Denis Waitley

  Moving, Mean, Persistence

  Denis Waitley (1985). “The Double Win”

  13 Copy quote

  Show source

• Remain tranquil and prepare to bear still greater trials. All is not lost even though you be troubled oftener or tempted more grievously. You are a man, not God. You are flesh, not an angel. How can you possibly expect to remain always in the same state of virtue when the angels in heaven and the first man in paradise failed to do so? I am He who rescues the afflicted and brings to My divinity those who know their own weakness.

  Thomas a Kempis

  Angel, Men, Heaven

  Thomas (à Kempis), Thomas A. Kempis, Aloysius Croft, Harold Bolton (2003). “The Imitation of Christ”, p.110, Courier Corporation

  6 Copy quote

  Show source

• But I wonder where we will land if trial judges begin deciding that the fact that a man has committed an atrocious crime is proof sufficient that he is not responsible for his acts.

  H. L. Mencken

  Men, Land, Judging

  13 Copy quote

• There`s a fine line between balanced journalism and trial by television.

  Joe Berlinger

  Television, Lines, Journalism

  4 Copy quote

• The universe is a self-organizing, intelligent, creative, trial-and-error learning, participatory, interactive, non-locally interconnected and evolving system.

  Edgar Mitchell

  Intelligent, Errors, Self

  9 Copy quote

• You may be going through a trial so overwhelming that it's borderline unbearable. You want to see the end of the tunnel. Which is only natural, because once we see that little speck of light, we feel we can make it through to the finish. But God's tunnels are often twisting, too complex and dark to see the light for many days. In such settings He says, "In that dark, twisting, seemingly endless period of time, trust Me. Stop running scared! Stop fearing!"

  Charles R. Swindoll

  Running, Dark, Tunnels

  Charles R. Swindoll (2007). “Wisdom for the Way: Wise Words for Busy People”, p.135, Thomas Nelson Inc

  18 Copy quote

  Show source

• Focusing intently on Christ naturally results in a lifestyle of increasingly greater selflessness. And it has another benefit. Gazing on Christ gives us greater ability to look past life's trials and remain calm in the midst of what others would call chaos.

  Charles R. Swindoll

  Past, Giving, Gazing

  Charles R. Swindoll (2007). “So, You Want To Be Like Christ?: Eight Essentials to Get You There”, p.64, Thomas Nelson Inc

  29 Copy quote

  Show source

• If and when a horror turns up you will then be given Grace to help you. I don't think one is usually given it in advance. "Give us our daily bread" (not an annuity for life) applies to spiritual gifts too; the little daily support for the daily trial. Life has to be taken day by day and hour by hour.

  C. S. Lewis

  Spiritual, Taken, Thinking

  15 Copy quote

• Those who say [Joseph] Padilla should get a civilian trial are essentially saying that if you reject the rules of civilized nations, like those inscribed in the Geneva Convention, you therefore deserve to be treated better, not worse, than those rules require.

  Jonah Goldberg

  Civilized Nations, Should, Conventions

  4 Copy quote

• The question is not whether or not you will face trials. The question is, how will you respond when you do?

  Trip Lee

  Faces

  Trip Lee (2015). “Rise: Get Up and Live in God's Great Story”, p.150, Thomas Nelson Inc

  47 Copy quote

  Show source

• There are two ways to respond to the trials and tribulations of our present and past . . . 'Ain't it awful?' . . . or . . . 'Good information!' Our choice of responses will determine our experience of life.

  Bill Crawford

  Past, Two, Choices

  8 Copy quote

• It's almost as difficult to believe that someone with so many trials could harbor such hope, as that there are those with so much advantage who harbor such hopelessness.

  Richard Paul Evans

  Believe, Hopelessness, Advantage

  Richard Paul Evans (2012). “Miles to Go: The Second Journal of the Walk Series”, p.305, Simon and Schuster

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• Too often in the past, our Armed Forces have returned to Canada from their trials with little fanfare. Not so today. Canadians across the country came out in force, united in appreciation, to honour the bravery, heroism, strength and sacrifice of those who fought for freedom and security in Afghanistan.

  Stephen Harper

  Country, Appreciation, Sacrifice

  13 Copy quote

• Trials are sent to some so as to take away past sins, to others so as to eradicate sins now being committed, and to yet others so as to forestall sins which may be committed in the future. These are distinct from the trials that arise in order to test men in the way that Job was tested.

  Maximus the Confessor

  Jobs, Men, Past

  5 Copy quote

• Trial by jury is the palladium of our liberties. I do not know what a palladium is, but I am sure it is a good thing!

  Mark Twain

  Liberty, Good Things, Trial By Jury

  13 Copy quote

• Many Americans have lost confidence in the way our criminal courts assess guilt and innocence. Whatever one thinks of the verdicts, the recent trials of O.J. Simpson, Erik and Lyle Menendez, and various defendants in preschool molestation cases have been lengthy, lawyer-dominated soap operas in which the search for truth has been subordinated to the manipulation of procedures.

  James Q. Wilson

  Thinking, Guilt, Criminals

  4 Copy quote

• When the charge first came up, I hated black women. Then, going to trial, I started seeing the black women that was helping me. It's mostly black female guards. They treat me with human respect.

  Tupac Shakur

  Black, Firsts, Female

  4 Copy quote