- “We are all part of a God factory. Gods are what come off the production line at the end of an eons-long, protracted, dialectical process designed to overcome every possible obstacle, trial, setback, difficulty and ordeal. You need to be a God to survive the dialectic. It takes you to hell and forces you to confront the Devil. The Devil is you. The Devil is your Shadow. Only Devils can become Gods. That is the law of the dialectic.” ― Thomas Stark, The Stairway to Consciousness: The Birth of Self-Awareness from Unconscious Archetypes
- “They say the truth hurts. And these words hurt more than any I have ever written. But they are the truth – The cold, hard, undeniable truth.Not letting go doesn’t keep him with you.It’s still over. He’s still gone.… And nothing will ever change that.” ― Ranata Suzuki
- “The only real battle in life is between hanging on and letting go.” ― Shannon L. Alder
- “God’s grace abounded much more in times of difficulty.” ― Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind
- Any finish line is merely the start of the next race. John Cena
- With every adversity comes a blessing because a shock acts as a reminder to oneself that we must not get stale in routine. Bruce Lee
- No resistance, no growth. Jack Butcher
- “Embrace adversities as the hidden treasures of life.” ― Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind
- “Are you aware of who you really are in relationship to the very God who created the Universe, who scattered the stars and aligned the planets? Only to those who remember and realize that they are literally spirit children of a God who knows and loves them, can the fire of refinement be welcome. Otherwise, pain and adversity are just that, pain and adversity. Fire doesn’t purify; it only burns.” ― Toni Sorenson
- “Success goes to the ones who do. Get up. Show up. Throw up if you have to. Do it afraid, but do it no matter.” ― Toni Sorenson
- “The most fulfilled people are those who completely express themselves via their work. You know when this happens because even though you are working very hard – much harder than ordinary people – everything is in a sense effortless. Once you exist in such a way, you cannot imagine doing anything else. You do what you do because it is the actualization of who you are. It doesn’t matter if it leads to external success or not. You have internally achieved everything you hoped for and you wouldn’t swap it for anything. So, what about you? Are you all over the place? Have you not yet clicked with the activity that seems effortless to you and fully satisfying, or, if you have, do you doubt that you could make a living from it, hence are plagued by doubts and the need to compromise? Life is a great struggle. It crushes almost everyone. Only the world-historic figures survive the Meat Grinder.” ― Thomas Stark, Holenmerism and Nullibism: The Two Faces of the Holographic Universe
- “In the midst of the storm, my only anchor is the Saviour.” ― Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind
- Everyone goes through adversity in life, but what matters is how you learn from it. Lou Holtz
- “It isn’t as bad as you sometimes think it is. It all works out. Don’t worry. I say that to myself every morning. It all works out in the end. Put your trust in God, and move forward with faith and confidence in the future. The Lord will not forsake us. He will not forsake us. If we will put our trust in Him, if we will pray to Him, if we will live worthy of His blessings, He will hear our prayers.” ― Gordon B. Hinckley
- “Your hardest times often lead to the greatest moments of your life. Keep going. Tough situations build strong people in the end.” ― Roy Bennett
- “Sacred joy exists in any suffering.” ― Lailah Gifty Akita
- “A poet should be so crafty with words that he is envied even for his pains.” ― Criss Jami, Killosophy
- “Keep GoingYour hardest times often lead to the greatest moments of your life. Keep going. Tough situations build strong people in the end.” ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart
- “We have, not problems, but negative attitudes towards some situations (towards which some people have or would have positive attitudes).” ― Mokokoma Mokhonoana
- “When I am passing through hell, I have to remind myself of the last time I happened to be on that road. How quickly it was over, without any ingenuity on my part. After all, hell is a one-way street. The only direction forward is the way out.” ― R. N. Prasher
- “Don’t be afraid to live life. There is grace for the living.” ― Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
- “I suppose sooner or later in the life of everyone comes a moment of trial. We all of us have our particular devil who rides us and torments us, and we must give battle in the end.” ― Daphne Du Maurier, Rebecca
- In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present. Francis Bacon (See also: deep quotes)
- “It takes no more time to see the good side of life than to see the bad.” ― Jimmy Buffett
- Wanting something is not enough. You must hunger for it. Your motivation must be absolutely compelling in order to overcome the obstacles that will invariably come your way. Les Brown
- There is no better than adversity. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance the next time. Malcolm X
- “I am empowered by every problem to seek the power of God.” ― Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind
- “The only ‘problems’ that we can truly solve through sex are that of never having had sex with anyone, and that of never having had sex with someone.” ― Mokokoma Mokhonoana
- Adversity draws men together and produces beauty and harmony in life’s relationships, just as the cold of winter produces ice-flowers on the window-panes, which vanish with the warmth. Søren Kierkegaard
- “Thunderstorms are as much our friends as the sunshine.” ― Criss Jami, Killosophy