#adversity

Without adversity a person hardly knows whether they are honest or not. ↗

— Henry Fielding

#hardly #honest #knows #person #whether

Comfort and prosperity have never enriched the world as much as adversity has. ↗

— Billy Graham

#comfort #enriched #much #never #prosperity

Seven and half years ago I began my own journey. For me and my family it was a time of adversity. But during that adversity I derived a deeper faith. And born out of that adversity was a commitment to devote myself to those people and to those issues that truly matter to me. ↗

— Paul Tsongas

#ago #began #born #commitment #deeper

Friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation. ↗

— George Washington

#appellation #before #entitled #friendship #growth

Struggle is the food from which change is made, and the best time to make the most of a struggle is when it's right in front of your face. Now, I know that might sound a bit simplistic. But, too often we're led to believe that struggling is a bad thing, or that we struggle because we're doing something wrong. I disagree. I look at struggle as an opportunity to grow. True struggle happens when you can sense what is not working for you and you're willing to take the appropriate action to correct the situation. Those who accomplish change are willing to engage the struggle. ↗

— Danny Dreyer

#running #struggle #change

Adversity is a mirage. People, situations, and relationships sometimes change for the worst but inevitably clear a path for far better replacements. The continued journey will always find bliss. ↗

— Carl Henegan

#bliss #journey #mirage #relationships #change

What do they say about meeting a bear in the woods? Oh right, you shouldn't. And to make sure you don't, you should make a lot of noise so that they'll will know where you are and keep their distance because, supposedly, they're as nervous of us as we are of them. Which is all goo, except this bear doesn't seem the least bit nervous. He's giving me a look like I'm Goldilocks, ate his porridge, broke his chair, slept in his bed, and now it's payback time."- Widdershins ↗

— Charles de Lint

#fairytales #humorous #humor

Remind thyself, in the darkest moments, that every failure is only a step toward success, every detection of what is false directs you toward what is true, every trial exhausts some tempting form of error, and every adversity will only hide, for a time, your path to peace and fulfillment. ↗

— Og Mandino

#hope #inspirational #inspirational

Sometimes events that lead us bereft of anything but grief just happen for no reason other than happenstance--a car turns left instead of right, a train is missed, a call comes too late--and the real test of our humanness is whether, in light of that knowledge, we are ever able to recover. When we again find our way despite the inability to manufacture a deeper meaning in our suffering, that I think is when God smiles upon us, proud of the strength of his creation. ↗

— Neil Abramson

#religious #sacrifice #strength #strength-through-adversity #inspirational

A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. ↗

— King Solomon

#born #brother #friend #loveth #times