Proverb – ‘What was hard to bear is swe…
‘What was hard to bear is sweet to remember.’
‘What was hard to bear is sweet to remember.’
‘Be courteous to all but intimate with few; and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.’
‘No life may not be easy it can be lonely. Full of people we think we know but barely comprehend. Yet we must always remember: its the challenges that define us best and the obstacles that illuminate what were truly capable of. We must welcome adversity and embrace struggle and no matter what we get [...]
‘By trying we can easily learn to endure adversity. Another mans I mean.’
‘We fail to see the purifying and refining effect wrought by the flames of adversity. These flames are not meant to consume but only to purify us. Disguised as adversity blessings are showered upon us.’
‘The ability we have to handle this adversity will determine the degree of success that we will have in life. To me this is where the gospel can be the greatest of help to us. The power of the Holy Ghost is the greatest source of strength and comfort we can have in our lives. [...]
‘I have come to know that adversity really means the things in life that challenge us and cause us to work with devotion and courage to overcome. I once stood on a street in Trondheim Norway looking up at a statue of a Viking. There came to my mind at that time a fable of [...]
‘Stars may be seen from the bottom of a deep well when they cannot be discerned from the top of a mountain.’
‘One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.’
‘There are two ways of meeting difficulties: you alter the difficulties or you alter yourself meeting them [or both].’