Although we may encounter dark seasons, when we’re filled with joy we’ll have confident expectations that the sun will soon return and dark clouds will pass.

I am not the moon orbiting around your planet; I am the sun that will burn through your frozen mind.

When life gets hectic and you feel overwhelmed, take a moment to focus on the people and things you are most grateful for. When you have an attitude of gratitude, frustrating troubles will fall by...

If you are enduring a cold season, don’t underestimate Christ can plant you right where you are at no matter how dirty, beat up, or worthless you may feel. Rest assured, He has strategically placed...

Adversity kills fearful people just by showing them its weapons. As to whether that weapon is fatal or fake, they don’t care to know before they surrender!

The more you are grateful for what you have the more you can live fully in the present. When you live in the present moment the greater you can build stepping stones for a brighter...

I’m convinced that the world, more than ever, needs the music only you can make. And if it takes extra courage to keep playing in spite of your loss, many will applaud the effort. And...

Broken by hardships, disappointments and tragedy, people can become discouraged and cynical. But lives can also be mended. Put back together well, they won’t be just like they were before. Damaged pieces reassembled with a...

The truth is, I can choose to view tough times as growing times, I can choose to see aging as seasoning and I can choose to focus on whatever good there is to be found...

I wanted a woman who could get me out of a Third World prison. Life’s too short to hang out with people who aren’t resourceful.

If you’re facing a season of trials, don’t allow the enemy to have a field day by putting negative thoughts in your mind. Let go of stinking thinking. Instead of turning away from God in...

Humor can make a serious difference. In the workplace, at home, in all areas of life – looking for a reason to laugh is necessary. A sense of humor helps us to get through the...

It takes darkness to be aware of the light.

A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.

Your perspective on life comes from the cage you were held captive in.

I am a happy soul, despite all life challenges.

Accept the fullness in life’s balance, which demands that there are positive gifts along with adversity.

It was a good start for the year. We overcame injuries and other adversity and challenged for the final.

Nightmares are seldom a foreshadowing of real events, but always a showing of real fears.

Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; adversity of the New, which carrieth the greater benediction and the clearer revelation of God ‘ s favor. Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; adversity...

The more difficulties one has to encounter, within and without, the more significant and the higher in inspiration his life will be.

Statesmanship is developed in the hard knocks of general experience, private and public.

When you encounter unexpected situation, don’t panic. Close our eyes, take a deep breath and pray. It will relief you of any anxiety.

I see any difficulty as an adventure.

It is possible to rise above any adversity.

No matter how tough the situation, you still have to hang on.

Adversity only makes us stronger. Every adversity we overcome makes our spirit and soul grow stronger.

Did you have a rough month? I did 🙁 but, you know what? There’s no time to dwell on a missed opportunity or worry about what I should’ve done or said, beating myself up &...

The most difficult adversary I have ever faced happens to look just like me.

Struggle is the meaning of life; defeat or victory is in the hands of God. But struggle itself is man’s duty and should be his joy.

Justin knows that we all have confidence in him as coaches and players, … Quarterbacks are going to have some adversity and when it happens, they have to be tough enough to fight through it....

The mind grows by taking in, but the heart grows by giving out.

The chains that keep you bound to the past are not the actions of another person. They are your own anger, stubbornness, lack of compassion, jealousy and blaming others for your choices. It is not...

If the rock band U2 had been born in Orange County, California, would they have become just another church worship band?

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...

It’s only as bad as you make it.

So they had all had more troubles than she. Did that really make them superior? If two men were walking along the street and a brick fell on one, missing the other, did that make...

Peace is more of an internal settlement rather than what is visible on the external.

However mean your life is, meet it and live it; do not shun it and call it hard names. It is not so bad as you are. It looks poorest when you are richest. The...

The roughest roads often lead to the top.

The victory over our inner self is a daily struggle. Be strong and do not give up.

Without adversity, we never find who we are.

Break away from every yoke of bondage in Jesus Name.

You will conquer every mountain.

There’s adversity; what are you going to do with it? Are you going to turn it into a positive ?

A certain amount of opposition is a great help to a man. Kites rise against, not with, the wind.

These kids are strong and have come together through a lot of adversity.

When you’re up against adversity, when your shots aren’t falling, when guys are hanging on you, pushing you, fouling you, and you’re not getting calls, that’s when discipline matters. Instead of flying off the handle...

Our kids were just ready to play. They just love to play. They have great character. And that adversity (the lightening) didn’t effect our guys at all.

There’s no comparison. One of the tenets of football, its essence, is triumphing over adversity. That can be your opponent, your shortcomings or it can be the weather.