Richard G. Scott Quotes

Affliction comes to us all, not to make us sad, but sober; not to make us sorry, but to make us wise; not to make us despondent, but by its darkness to refresh us as the night refreshes the day; not to impoverish, but to enrich us

The challenges we face in life are always lessons that serve our soul's growth.

You can't lead a true life without suffering

You must remember that no one lives a life free from pain and suffering.

When things hurt us, we're merely on our way to another spiritual environment.

The troubles of this world pass, and what we have left is what we have made of our souls.

It takes suffering to widen the soul.

I am certain that I never did grow in grace one-half so much anywhere as I have upon the bed of pain.

It's a shallow life that doesn't give a person a few scars.

God already knows what we're made of, but perhaps He wants us to learn what we're made of. I think we would all agree that we learn more from our tough times than from our easy times.

I don't want someone else to go through and live through the life that I have had to live through in terms of the challenges that I face.

In my life, I've dealt with tragedy.

I count life just a stuff to try the soul's strength on.

No one is immune to the trials and tribulations of life.

All sorts of spiritual gifts come through privations, if they are accepted.

Adversity has ever been considered the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted with himself.

Everybody has a tragedy or two in their lives.

Adversity is the state in which man most easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free of admirers then.

It's important to wallow and grieve when you have a health issue. I don't think you really get the best stuff out of life until you've had the worst stuff.

Everybody has their demons; everyone has their challenges.

Where do we enroll in Life 101? Where are the classes dealing with the loss of a job, the death of a loved one, the failure of a relationship? Unfortunately, those lessons are mostly learned through trial by fire and the school of hard knocks.

I think that no human gets away unscathed in this old life. We've all experienced loss and grief and pain and tragedy.

It is tough: sometimes the pain that you feel makes you grow.

No matter what is going on in your life today, remember, it is only preparation. People come and go; situations rise and fall; it's all preparation for better things. You must stretch, reach, grow into your goodness. Without the preparation we receive through adversity, disappointment, confusion, or pain, we could not appreciate the goodness when it arrives.

Every failure, every adversity, every heartache may be a blessing in disguise providing it softens the animal portion of our nature.