Sunday, December 6, 2009

Quotes and a Verse on Adversity...



Quotes and a Verse on Adversity


"We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials,
for we know that they help us develop endurance."
- Romans 5:3
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"A dose of adversity is often as needful as a dose of medicine."
- An Old West Pioneer Saying
()

"Do not become discouraged in the face of adversity because
you understand that the bigger the heart, the bigger the obstacles
it is asked to accommodate."
- Author Unknown
()

"In every adversity there lies the seed of an equivalent advantage.
In every defeat is a lesson showing you how to win the victory
next time."
- Robert Collier
()

"A windmill's true power is revealed only when it faces the wind -
a person's only when they face adversity."
- Author Unknown
()

"If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant:
if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would
not be so welcome."
- Charlotte Bronte
()

"If you watch how nature deals with adversity, continually renewing itself,
you can't help but learn."
- Bernie Siegel
()

"Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which, in prosperous
circumstances, would have lain dormant."
- Horace
()

"There is in every true woman's heart a spark of heavenly fire,
which lies dormant in the broad daylight of prosperity; but which
kindles up, and beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity."
- Washington Irving
()

"The firmest friendships have been formed in mutual adversity,
as iron is most strongly united by the fiercest flame."
- Charles Caleb Colton
()

"All the adversity I've had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles,
have strengthened me... You may not realize it when it happens, but a
kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you."
- Walt Disney
()

"If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't lead anywhere."
- Frank A Clark
()

"If you break your neck, if you have nothing to eat, if your house is on fire,
then you got a problem. Everything else is an inconvenience."
- Robert Fulghum

2 comments:

  1. Oh Valerie,
    I loved thse. These were wonderful quotes!

    Good job, my friend!
    Hugs,
    Merry

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  2. I just love these Valerie.

    krissy knox :)

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