(559 quotes found)
“Trials teach us what we are; they dig up the soil, and let us see what we are made of; they just turn up some of the ill weeds on to the surface.”
Charles H. Spurgeon
“A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden, fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends who rejoice with us in our sunshine desert us; when trouble thickens around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts.”
Washington Irving
“I am certain that, however great the hardships and the trials which loom ahead, our America will endure and the cause of human freedom will triumph”
Cordell Hull
“Fiery trials make golden Christians”
“Trials are medicines which our gracious and wise Physician prescribes because we need them; and he proportions the frequency and weight of them to what the case requires. Let us trust his skill and thank him for his prescription.”
Isaac Newton
“Trials, temptations, disappointments - all these are helps instead of hindrances, if one uses them rightly. They not only test the fiber of character but strengthen it. Every conquering temptation represents a new fund of moral energy.”
James Buckham
“The only real lawyers are trial lawyers, and trial lawyers try cases to juries”
Clarence Darrow
“As an adolescent I was convinced that France would have to go through gigantic trials, that the interest of life consisted in one day rendering her some signal service and that I would have the occasion to do so.”
Charles de Gaulle
“The trials on the road to world harmony are no greater than the courage of those who accept the challenge.”
Carl Lewis
“In the process of trial and error, Our failed attempts are meant to destroy arrogance and provoke humility.”
Master Jin Kwon
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