Overcome Trials Quotes:

Trials, temptations, disappointments -- all these are helps instead of hindrances, if one uses them rightly. They not only test the fibre of a character, but strengthen it. Every conquered temptation represents a new fund of moral energy. Every trial endured and weathered in the right spirit makes a soul nobler and stronger than it was before.

- James Buckham Kennedy

topic: Inspirational, Disappointment, Character, Inspirational Adversity, Overcome Trials

We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey.

- Kenji Miyazawa

topic: Positive, Pain, Journey, Scoliosis, Hurt And Pain

We develop our character muscles by overcoming challenges and obstacles.

- Stephen Covey

topic: Character, Challenges, Overcoming, Daily Challenges, Obstacles And Challenges

Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear.

- Franklin D. Roosevelt

topic: Inspirational, Life, Motivational, Fear None, Afraid Of Life

Damaged people are dangerous. They know they can survive.

- Josephine Hart

source: "Fictional character: Anna Barton". "Damage", www.imdb.com. 1992.

topic: Adversity, People, Dangerous, Overcome Trials, Adversity Motivational

What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise

- Oscar Wilde

topic: Inspirational, Hope, Encouragement, Best Success, Count Your Blessings

Every conquering temptation represents a new fund of moral energy. Every trial endured and weathered in the right spirit makes a soul nobler and stronger than it was before.

- William Butler Yeats

topic: Temptation, Soul, Positive Energy, Inspirational Adversity, Overcome Trials

Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that

- James Neil Hollingworth

topic: Courage, Judgement, Absence, Peaceful Warrior, Afraid Of Life

We are always on the anvil; by trials God is shaping us for higher things.

- Henry Ward Beecher

topic: War, Adversity, Religion, Overcome Trials

Be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.

- Thomas Hughes

source: Thomas Hughes (2017). “True Manliness”, p.33, Litres

topic: Cheer, Overcoming, World, Tribulation, Overcome Trials

Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on Thee.

- Isaiah

topic: Bible, Trusting Him, Perfect, Peacefulness, King James Bible

We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Positive, Infinite Beauty, Infinite Hope

Opposition is a natural part of life. Just as we develop our physical muscles through overcoming opposition - such as lifting weights - we develop our character muscles by overcoming challenges and adversity.

- Stephen Covey

topic: Life, Change, Character, Daily Challenges, Life Challenges

And once the storm is over, you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won’t even be sure, whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm’s all about.

- Haruki Murakami

source: FaceBook post by Haruki Murakami from Apr 25, 2016

topic: Inspirational, Change, Life Lesson, Having A Bad Day, Overcome Trials

Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.

- Henry Ford

topic: Love, Inspirational, Life, Inspiring Business, Inspirational Success Failure

Every negative event contains within it the seed of an equal or greater benefit.

- Napoleon Hill

topic: Success, Military, Benefits, Inspirational Adversity, Success Failure

It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult

- Seneca the Younger

source: "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

topic: Inspirational, Success, Dare, Inspirational Attitude, Inspirational Courage

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.

- Helen Keller

source: Helen Keller (1957). “The Open Door”, Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday

topic: Inspirational, Life, Strength, Good Character, Soul Force

In the depths of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.

- Albert Camus

source: "The Unquiet Vision : Mirrors of Man in Existentialism" by Nathan A. Scott, (p. 116), 1969.

topic: Inspirational, Life, Motivational, Solstice, Invincibility

Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength.

- Corrie Ten Boom

topic: Inspirational, Life, Motivational, Inspiration And Life, Spiritual Advice

The only thing that overcomes hard luck is hard work.

- Harry Golden

topic: Motivational, Hard Work, Luck, Sure Thing, Work Day

Courage is not the absence of fear

- Richard Stengel

topic: Absence, Peaceful Warrior, Afraid Of Life, Inspirational Courage, Inspirational Recovery

Adversity is like a strong wind. It tears away from us all but the things that cannot be torn, so that we see ourselves as we really are.

- Arthur Golden

source: "Memoirs of a Geisha". Book by Arthur Golden, September 27, 1997.

topic: Strength, Success, Encouraging, Memories Of A Geisha, Strong Winds

Turn your wounds into wisdom.

- Oprah Winfrey

topic: Inspirational, Life, Positive, Wisdom And Experience, Moving On After Breakup

Sometimes adversity is what you need to face in order to become successful.

- Zig Ziglar

topic: Inspirational, Success, Determination, Overcome Trials, Overcoming Hardship

Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.

- Truman Capote

source: Truman Capote, M. Thomas Inge (1987). “Truman Capote: Conversations”, p.189, Univ. Press of Mississippi

topic: Inspirational, Success, Perseverance, Failure In Life, Inspirational Adversity

If you find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't lead anywhere.

- Frank A. Clark

topic: Inspirational, Life, Inspiring, Hurdling Obstacles, Inspirational Adversity

The gem cannot be polished without friction nor man without trials.

- Confucius

topic: Inspirational, Men, Trials, Inspirational Achievement, Inspirational Adversity

The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.

- Dolly Parton

source: Twitter post from Sep 12, 2013

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Positive, Inspirational Rain, Obstacles And Challenges

The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.

- Moliere

topic: Motivational, Positive, Perseverance, Hurdling Obstacles, Strength In Adversity

Adversity is the first path to truth.

- Lord Byron

topic: Kindness, Adversity, Not Giving Up, Inspirational Adversity, Overcoming Challenges

Courage is not the absence of fear, but the mastery of it.

- Mark Twain

topic: Mastery, Absence, Peaceful Warrior, Afraid Of Life, Inspirational Adversity

When its dark enough you can see the stars.

- Charles A. Beard

source: "Condensed History Lesson" by Arthur H. Secord, Readers' Digest, Volume 38, No. 226, February 1941.

topic: Inspirational, Positive, Stars, Inspirational Adversity, Moon And Stars

Only if you have been in the deepest valley, can you ever know how magnificent it is to be on the highest mountain.

- Richard M. Nixon

source: Farewell Remarks to White House Cabinet and Staff, delivered 9 August 1974

topic: Life, Hiking, Mountain, Highness, Climbing Mountain