Adversity

"At the timberline where the storms strike with the most fury, the strongest trees are found."
- Hudson Newsletter

"The storm also beats on the house that is built upon the rock."
- Unkown

"The greatest battles of your life will be fought within the private chambers of your own soul."
- David O. McKay

"Adversity is the diamond dust heaven polishes its jewels with."
- Leighton

"No pain that we suffer, no trial that we experience is wasted. It ministers to our education, to the development of such qualities as patience, faith, fortitude, and humility. All that we suffer and all that we endure, especially when we endure it patiently, builds up our character, purifies our heart, expands our souls, and makes us more tender and charitable, more worthy to be called the children of God. It is through sorrow and suffering, toil and tribulation that we gain the education that we came here to acquire and which will make us more like our Father . . . in Heaven."
- Orson F. Whitney

"What is to give light must endure burning."
- Viktor Frankl

"The nearer a person approaches the Lord, a greater power will be manifested by the adversary to prevent the accomplishment of His purposes."
- Joseph Smith

"A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner."
- Unknown

"You don't give up the ship just because you can't control the wind."
- Ted Kennedy

"There are few of us, if any, who don't walk the refiner's fire of adversity and despair, sometimes known to others but for many quietly hidden and privately endured. Most of the heartache, pain, and suffering we would not choose today. But we did choose. We chose when we could see the complete plan. We chose when we had a clear vision of the Savior's rescue of us. And if our faith and understanding were as clear today as it was when we first made that choice, I believe we would choose again."
- Richard C. Edgley (April 2002)

"It was meant to be that life would be a challenge. To suffer some anxiety, some depression, some disappointment, even some failure is normal. Teach our members that if they have a good, miserable day once in a while, or several in a row, to stand steady and face them. Things will straighten out. There is great purpose in our struggle in life"
- Boyd K. Packer

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