Phillips Brooks Quotes

When you face the perils of weariness, carelessness, and confusion, don't pray for an easier life. Pray instead to be a stronger man or woman of God.

Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks.

Some of my lowest points were the most exciting opportunities to push through to be a better person.

In that I found being able to talk to my family about my feelings, praying for strength and realizing that our lives have a deep purpose and the journey of our lives is to find out what that is and express it, was the only way I could have gotten through it.

No one is perfect in this world, and we all have our battles, but it's the way we get back on our feet and turn it around that really counts.

It's in the difficult times that we're growing and you can't just rebuke everything hard. We've got to endure it and fight the good fight of faith and pass the test.

When everything goes wrong, what a joy to test your soul and see if it has endurance and courage. An invisible and all-powerful enemy - some call him God, others the Devil, seem to rush upon us to destroy us; but we are not destroyed.

You can always be stronger.

You have to handle the challenges and emerge stronger from them, rather than allow them to bog you down.

People aren't born strong. People grow stronger little by little, encountering difficult situations, learning not to run from them.

It will always be relevant and always be inspiring to see somebody turning themselves into a warrior.

When I asked God for strength, He gave me difficult situations to face.

I wanna say thank you cause: Makes me that much stronger, makes me work a little bit harder. makes me that much wiser. so thanks for making me a fighter!

Let difficulty transform you. And it will. In my experience, we just need help in learning how not to run away.

Danger alone acquaints us with our own resources, our virtues, our armor and weapons, our spirit, and forces us to be strong.

Fear is not negative. We should overcome all our fears and this in turn would make us stronger. As soon as we overcome our fears we can face any challenge.

That is why he is a Warrior of the Light, because he has been through all this and yet has never lost hope of being better than he is.

If the challenge seems a bit too overwhelming, that's the one you want. Take it on & let it pull you up.

Be strong! Don't talk of ghosts and devils. We are the living devils. The sign of life is strength and growth. The sign of death is weakness. Whatever is weak, avoid! It is death. If it is strength, go down into hell and get hold of it! There is salvation only for the brave. Everyone must work out his own salvation.

It is the first law of practical courage. To be in the weakest camp is to be in the strongest school.

Many things are possible for the person who has hope. Even more is possible for the person who has faith. And still more is possible for the person who knows how to love. But everything is possible for the person who practices all three virtues.

When you face difficult times, know that challenges are not sent to destroy you. They're sent to promote, increase and strengthen you.

See your weakness as a reason to pray the more, it should not be the reason for sadness or to abandon your post.

God grant you the strength to fight off the temptations of surrender.

I do not pray for a lighter load, but for a stronger back.