That which is bitter to endure may be sweet to remember.
Thomas Fuller
I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.
Muhammad Ali
Some of us want our Easter Sunday without having to suffer through our Good Friday.
The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing, and becomes nothing. He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he simply cannot learn and feel and change and grow and love and live.
Source: quote-book
‘Sometimes I would like to ask God why He allows poverty, suffering, and injustice when He could do something about it.’
‘Well why don’t you ask Him?’
‘Because I’m afraid He would ask me the same question.’
Anonymous
Mishaps are like knives, that either serve us or cut us, as we grasp them by the blade or the handle.
The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong at the broken places.
Source: layersofme
No pressure, no diamonds.
Dear brothers and sisters, when troubles come your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy. For you know that when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow. So let it grow, for when your endurance is fully developed, you will be perfect and complete, needing nothing.
James 1:2-4 (New Living Translation)
But there is suffering in life, and there are defeats. No one can avoid them. But it’s better to lose some of the battles in the struggles for your dreams than to be defeated without ever knowing what you’re fighting for.
Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dream.
