James E. Faust Adversity Quotations

A rebirth out of spiritual adversity causes us to become new creatures.

If there were no night, we would not appreciate the day, nor could we see the stars and the vastness of the heavens. We must partake of the bitter with the sweet. There is a divine purpose in the adversities we encounter every day. They prepare, they purge, they purify, and thus they bless.

Into every life there come the painful, despairing days of adversity and buffeting. There seems to be a full measure of anguish, sorrow, and often heartbreak for everyone, including those who earnestly seek to do right and be faithful. ... In this way the soul can become like soft clay in the hands of the Master.

Adversity is the refiner's fire that bends iron but tempers steel.

Into every life there come the painful, despairing days of adversity.

One of the advantages of having lived a long time is that you can often remember when you had it worse. I am grateful to have lived long enough to have known some of the blessings of adversity.

There is a divine purpose in the adversities we encounter every day. They prepare, they purge, the purify, and thus they bless.