When you encounter difficulties and contradictions, do not try to break them, but bend them with gentleness and time. Author: Francis de Sales |
People generally quarrel because they cannot argue. Author: G.K. Chesterton |
True rest is not that of torpor, but that of harmony; it is not refusing the struggle, but conquering in it; not resting from duty, but finding rest in it. Author: Frederick W. Robertson |
True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity, before it is entitled to the appellation. Author: George Washington |
Thus was the King and the Lord of glory judged by man's judgment, when manifest in flesh: far be it from any of his ministers to expect better treatment. Author: George Whitefield |
Outward attacks and troubles rather fix than unsettle the Christian, as tempests from without only serve to root the oak faster; while an inward canker will gradually rot and decay it. Author: Hannah More |
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Life asks not merely what you can do; it asks how much can you endure and not be spoiled. Author: Harry Emerson Fosdick |
The marvelous richness of human experience would lose something of rewarding joy if there were no limitations to overcome. The hilltop hour would not be half so wonderful if there were no dark valleys to traverse. Author: Helen Keller |
I never fight, except against difficulties. Author: Helen Keller |
Your success and happiness lie in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invisible host against difficulties. Author: Helen Keller |
Bumps are the things we climb on. Author: Warren Wiersbe |
Opposition is not only evidence that God is blessing, but it is also an opportunity for us to grow. Author: Warren Wiersbe |