Quotes by Adversity Fasting is, first and foremost, an exercise for identifying and managing adversity in all its forms. With faith, in full conscience, fasting calls women and men to an extra degree of self-awareness. Tariq Ramadan adversityexercisemen Always walking along despite the dangers and adversities, despite the injustices and horrors, trusting in God so as not to despair of men and events. Tariq Ramadan despairadversitymen Perhaps the most eloquent of the hard virtues is courage, the disposition to encounter adversity head-on and strive to overcome it. Ted Malloch encountersadversityovercoming Life didn't promise to be wonderful. Teddy Pendergrass adversitywonderfulpromise I didn't care what, how much adversity life threw at me. I intended to get to the top. Ted Turner adversitycare It constantly happens that the Lord permits a soul to fall so that it may grow humbler. Teresa of Avila adversitysoulfall The saints rejoiced at injuries and persecutions, because in forgiving them they had something to present to God when they prayed to Him. Teresa of Avila forgivingadversitysaint If the road is easy, you're likely going the wrong way. Terry Goodkind adversitysurvivaltruth Gloom and despondency have never defeated adversity. Trying times need courage and resilience. Our strength as a people is not tested during the best of times. Thabo Mbeki resilienceadversitypeople Cancer has changed how I see adversity, because there is so much inequality in the treatment of the disease and it shouldn't have to be that you live or die depending on where you live. I'm still learning not to sweat the small things and to live each day to the fullest. Thelma Jones inequalitycanceradversity Over every mountain there is a path, although it may not be seen from the valley. Theodore Roethke adversityfailurewrestling They who in trouble untroubled are Thiruvalluvar calmenduranceadversity Patience is necessary in this life because so much of life is fraught with adversity. No matter how hard we try, our lives will never be without strife and grief. Thus, we should not strive for a peace that is without temptation, or for a life that never feels adversity. Peace is not found by escaping temptations, but by being tried by them. We will have discovered peace when we have been tried and come through the trial of temptation. Thomas a Kempis adversitygriefpeace Jesus has many lovers of His kingdom of heaven, but he has few bearers of His Cross. Many desire His consolation, but few desire His tribulation. He finds many comrades in eating and drinking, but He finds few hands who will be with Him in His abstinence and fastingBut those who love Jesus purely for Himself, and not for their own profit or convenience, bless Him as heartily in temptation and tribulation and in all other adversities as they do in time of consolation. And if He never sent them consolation, they would still bless and praise Him. Thomas a Kempis adversitydrinkingjesus Do not try to find a place free from temptations and troubles. Rather, seek a peace that endures even when you are beset by various temptations and tried by much adversity. Thomas a Kempis adversitytemptationtrying Christ willed to suffer and be despised and do you dare complain of the same? Christ had adversaries and backbiters; and do you wish to have all men your friends and benefactors? When shall your patience attain her crown if no adversity befalls you? If you are willing to suffer naught that is against you, how will you be the friend of Christ? Thomas a Kempis adversitymotivationinspiration Occasions of adversity best discover how great virtue or strength each one hath. For occasions do not make a man frail, but they show what he is. Thomas a Kempis adversityvirtuemen We must all either wear out or rust out, every one of us. My choice is to wear out. Theodore Roosevelt rustadversitychoices The measure of every man’s virtue is best revealed in time of adversity - adversity that does not weaken a man but rather shows what he is. Thomas a Kempis adversitydoemen True peace consists in not separating ourselves from the will of God. Thomas Aquinas true-peacegods-willadversity«5556575859606162636465»
