#trials

Maybe there is no such thing as success—a final destination where you arrive once and for all. Maybe existence is a never-ending journey of peaks and valleys and forever chasing dreams. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#hopes #journey #life #meaning #richelle

The reason everything falls apart around me, but I don’t is because my angels are keeping me standing up. ↗

— Shannon L. Alder

#conflict #faith #life-missions #problems #tests

Deep, contended joy comes from a place of complete security and confidence [in God] - even in the midst of trial. ↗

— Charles R. Swindoll

#contentment #faith #joy #trials #trust

I’d encourage Ann to cling to God’s character in spite of what her circumstances screamed. ↗

— K. Howard Joslin

#miscarriages #trials-of-life #faith

The first time is always the hardest ↗

— Sarwat Chadda

#death #kill #trials #death

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

— Henry F. Lyte

#heaven #trials #trouble #life

[O]ver the years I travelled to another universe. However alert we are, however much we think we know what will happen, antiquity remains an unknown, unanticipated galaxy. It is alien, and old people are a separate form of life. They have green skin, with two heads that sprout antennae. They can be pleasant, they can be annoying--in the supermarket, these old ladies won't get out of my way--but most important they are permanently other. When we turn eighty, we understand that we are extraterrestrial. If we forget for a moment that we are old, we are reminded when we try to stand up, or when we encounter someone young, who appears to observe green skin, extra heads, and protuberances. ↗

— Donald Hall

#aliens #antiquity #extraterrestrials #old-age #other

Affliction is a good man's shining time. ↗

— Edward Young

#character #hard-times #perseverance #trials #perseverance

Too bad we don't have a flashlight." "Thanks for stating the obvious, Mr. Thomas," Minho replied. ↗

— James Dashner

#scorch-trials #trials

We are all tired of the stress. ↗

— K. Howard Joslin

#stress #trials #faith