The threats that resurfaced in the past 10 years were not an aberration. Al Qaeda and terrorism or one such threat, but it was actually not the most serious threat that the United States faced....

This was the mark of an uncommon soldier, someone whose courage away from the battlefield was the same as that on it.

I daresay it seems foolish; perhaps all our earthly trials will appear foolish to us after a while; perhaps they seem so now to angels. But we are ourselves, you know, and this is now,...

In the midst of the turbulence, lift up your voice and praise God. He will fight the battle for you.

Don’t be discouraged by life’s difficulties. With hope and determination, you can triumph over any difficulties.

May you be set free from all your fears.May you be saved from all your troubles.May you be rescued from every calamity.

Good fortune comes with many fears. It is always threatened by tragedies. But misfortune always tends to hope and peace. Hope is the heart of life. Flowers have fear of being withered while Thorns have...

The grace of endurance, overcoming all hurdles.

But never forget: When everything feels like it’s falling to pieces, the pieces might actually just be falling into place.

The successful have the courage to walk each day toward something;only after coming through something.

Those doves below, the ones utterly cared for, never endangered ones, cannot know tenderness.

We are like the herb which flourisheth most when trampled upon

The school of suffering never graduates any students, so ask God to teach to you the lessons He wants you to learn.

Never stand in the way of letting God use people’s actions, in order to solve a greater issue in the world.

The higher you climb, the more Satan will take notice. Keep climbing! Heaven’s gate has a lock.

And even when success comes, as I am sure it will, bear in mind that there are more quiet and enviable joys than to be among the most sought after women at a ball…

Funerals aren’t scheduled.

Comfort and prosperity have never enriched the world as much as adversity has.

The devil will never rest, nor sleep, nor turn his head from you. He will find every fault, every weakness, every discrepancy he can magnify, expand and contort every sin to cause you to abort...

That loss was to breed an independence, a toughness of spirit, and an awareness of adversity and discipline that have never left me,

It isn’t as bad as you sometimes think it is. It all works out. Don’t worry. I say that to myself every morning. It all works out in the end. Put your trust in God,...

Hope is holding on to the promises of God.

Life is uncertain, we can only hope.

There is nothing that can happen TO you that can’t also happen FOR you…if you’ll let it.

You can never be defeated in life, you are a learner.

Remind thyself, in the darkest moments, that every failure is only a step toward success, every detection of what is false directs you toward what is true, every trial exhausts some tempting form of error,...

She built her character with the adversity she had faced, so she could live the best of her life for the rest of life.

Sometimes it feels as if God set you on Earth with a bottle full of nasty-tasting pills called days and these instructions: Swallow one at a time. When entire prescription is finished, you may return...

The only people I am aware of who don’t have troubles are gathered in peaceful, little neighborhoods. There is never a care, never a moment of stress and never an obstacle to ruin a day....

Regardless of the situation, don’t let the bastards win … and have no regrets … for it will be a good day!-Richard Wakinyan (Martian Fleet Commander)

Children do not dwell on the ordinary harshness of life, even as they suffer through it.

Anyone can possess, anyone can profess, but it is an altogether different thing to confess.

Often those that criticise others reveal what he himself lacks.

La terre nous en apprend plus sur nous que tous les livres. Parce qu’elle nous résiste. L’homme se découvre quand il se mesure avec l’obstacle.(Terre des hommes)

It takes a real storm in the average person’s life to make him realize how much worrying he has done over the squalls.

The Bible does not say money is the root of all evil; it says the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. A poor man who, in his heart, worships the...

Big challenges provide big opportunities.

Lincoln matured best in sorrow.

The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity,...

We learn much by tribulation, and by adversity our hearts are made better. -Bishop Milton Wright to Orville Wright, 20 Sept. 1908

You don’t just rise to the top. There are times of preparation and many mountains to conquer for the ultimate triumph to the top.

Every act is a possibility. The will to dare, the will to act are possibilities for new adventure.

Stay strong in spirit, be patient and you will overcome any situation.

As the yellow gold is tried in fire, so the faith of friendship must be seen in adversity.

When in pain and sorrow, you ask why God allows bad things to happen to good people, remember God allowed His Son, the best of us, to suffer the most so that Christ would have...

Learning to endure times of disappointment, suffering, and sorrow is part of our on-the-job training. These experiences, while often difficult to bear at the time, are precisely the kinds of experiences that stretch our understanding,...

The triumph cannot be had without the struggle. And I know what struggle is. I have spent a lifetime trying to share what it has meant to be a woman first in the world of...

By adversity are wrought the greatest works of admiration, and all the fair examples of renown, out of distress and misery are grown.

Are you aware of who you really are in relationship to the very God who created the Universe, who scattered the stars and aligned the planets? Only to those who remember and realize that they...

The moon will guide you through the night with her brightness, but she will always dwell in the darkness, in order to be seen.