#adversity

He knows not his own strength who hath not met adversity. ↗

— William Samuel Johnson

#hath #his #knows #met #own

Adversity has a way of introducing a man to himself. ↗

— Shia LaBeouf

#himself #introducing #man #way

There is in every true woman's heart, a spark of heavenly fire, which lies dormant in the broad daylight of prosperity, but which kindles up and beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity. ↗

— Washington Irving

#beams #blazes #broad #dark #daylight

I don’t believe in the Law of Attraction. There were things I wanted in my life that no amount of positive thinking was going to make it a reality for me. However, I have learned to believe in the Law of Tough Love. Life has thrown a dozen tragedies at me. I did what any Christian would do--prayed for the outcome I wanted. But God was tough and only gave me what I needed. I now realize that life is not about fulfilling a wish list; rather a need list. Good and bad experiences are on the horizon. How else does a person change, grow and evolve? And just like any warrior woman, I won’t simply survive-- but thrive! ↗

— Shannon L. Alder

#events #experiences #fairness #growth #law-of-attraction

He who does not tire, tires adversity. ↗

— Martin Farquhar Tupper

#does #tire #tires #who

When faced with two equally tough choices, most people choose the third choice: to not choose.
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— Jarod Kintz

#challenge #choices #decisions #hard #life

If all our misfortunes were laid in one common heap, whence every one must take an equal portion, most people would be contented to take their own and depart. ↗

— Solon

#misfortune #equality

And once the storm is over, you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won’t even be sure, whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm’s all about. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#inspirational #life-lessons #problems #trials #inspirational

Life with trials hard may press me; Heaven will bring me sweeter rest. ↗

— Henry F. Lyte

#heaven #trials #trouble #life

We live in a day when the adversary stresses on every hand the philosophy of instant gratification. We seem to demand instant everything, including instant solutions to our problems. . .It was meant to be that life would be a challenge. To suffer some anxiety, some depression, some disappointment, even some failure is normal. ↗

— Boyd K. Packer

#life