Edwin Hubbel Chapin Quotes

Every positive thing in your life represents a single unique blessing. Every negative thing in your life has the opportunity to become a double blessing. For when you turn a negative into a positive, you gain twice. You are no longer burdened with the negative situation, and in addition to that you are strengthened by a new positive force.

Pain is the great teacher of mankind. Beneath its breath souls develop.

There is a hidden blessing in the most traumatic things we go through in our lives. My brain always goes to, 'Where is the hidden blessing? What is my gift?'

Never does a man know the force that is in him till some mighty affliction or grief has humanized the soul.

A tragedy can turn out to be our greatest good if we approach it in ways which we can grow.

From adversity we can learn the value of patience.

Opportunity often comes disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat.

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.

Sometimes the adversities you go through help you become a person you are proud of, and instead of hating what you're going through, maybe bless it because for some reason; it is going to build you into that person that you are proud of being.

The good things of prosperity are to be wished; but the good things that belong to adversity are to be admired.

Everything bad happens to set up something good. I've always found that to be true. I think if most folks look back on the history of their lives, they'll see that.

Each experience through which we pass operates ultimately for our good. This is a correct attitude to adopt and we must be able to see it in that light.

They say everything you go through in your childhood builds character and inner strength.

I was fortunate enough to have a situation in my life where everything did shake out and hit rock bottom, and I did see who was standing there and really saw who had my back for real.

I think everything bad that happens can be good in a way, if you're thinking about it after a while.

Sometimes the bad things that happen in our lives put us directly on the path to the best things that will ever happen to us.

It was rough growing up but it was best for me, it's what made Shannon Briggs, it's who I am.

Adversity teaches a man a lot about himself.

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

Sometimes the things that seem to be adversities turn out to be opportunities in disguise.

Every single experience, every single thing that's happened in my life, struggle, obstacle, trials and tribulations, I think they've all molded me to become the character and the person who I am.

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

Bad times make good people, as mountainous pressures make diamonds or as fire tempers steel.

Adversity builds character and character takes you places money can't.

Everybody has difficult years, but a lot of times the difficult years end up being the greatest years of your whole entire life, if you survive them.