Spiritual Inspirational Quotes For Difficult Times

Spiritual Inspirational Quotes For Difficult Times

"I do not at all understand the mystery of grace - only that it meets us where we are but does not leave us where it found us."

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

– Martin Luther King

“The friend in my adversity I shall always cherish most. I can better trust those who helped to relieve the gloom of my dark hours than those who are so ready to enjoy with me the sunshine of my prosperity.”

– Ulysses S. Grant

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

– Kenji Miyazawa

“Fall seven times, stand up eight.”

– Japanese Proverb

“Sometimes our light goes out, but is blown again into instant flame by an encounter with another human being.”

– Albert Schweitzer

“We should always pray for help, but we should always listen for inspiration and impression to proceed in ways different from those we may have thought of.”

– John H. Groberg

“A problem is a chance for you to do your best.”

– Duke Ellington

“When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.”

– Henry Ford

“The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.”

– Chinese Proverb

“Obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.” – Michael Jordan

“The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.”

– Epicetus

“Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.”

– Robert Schuller

“Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity is a greater. Possession pampers the mind; privation trains and strengthens it.”

– William Hazlitt

“Prosperity is not without many fears and disasters; and adversity is not without comforts and hopes.”

– Francis Bacon

“Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today.”

– Thich Nhat Hanh

“Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way. And don’t pray when it rains if you don’t pray when the sun shines.”

– Leroy Satchel Paige

“The difference between stumbling blocks and stepping stones is how you use them.”

– Unknown

“Next to trying and winning, the best thing is trying and failing.”

– L.M. Montgomery