Dietrich Bonhoeffer Quotes

Carry the cross patiently, and with perfect submission; and in the end it shall carry you.

Bear the Cross cheerfully and it will bear you.

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

God will give you no more than you can handle.

God doesn't give you more than you can handle.

If you bear the cross gladly, it will bear you.

However much we do to avoid them, we shall never lack crosses in this life if we are in the ranks of the Crucified.

The human spirit is not indestructible; but a courageous few discover that, when in hell, they are granted a glimpse of heaven.

If God send thee a cross, take it up willingly and follow him. Use it wisely, lest it be unprofitable. Bear it patiently, lest it be intolerable. If it be light, slight it not. If it be heavy, murmur not. After the cross is the crown.

There are many pitfalls in the marathon of life. But regardless of what you go through, you can count on God's sustaining grace.

You can't get around pain and opposition, but you can try to be joyful in the trial, and thank yourself for the trial, and thank God for the strength to get through it.

Endure the present, and watch for better things.

The Bible is replete with commands to persevere, especially in the face of injustice.

Be patient, my soul: thou hath suffered worse than this.

However dark and profitless, however painful and weary, existence may have become, life is not done, and our Christian character is not won, so long as God has anything left for us to suffer, or anything left for us to do.

It was as if hope had appeared out of nowhere to settle beside her and it wasn't going anywhere, it wasn't going to desert her now.

Christians have learned that when there seems to be no other evidence of God's love, they cannot escape the cross.

I know things are unbearable but in spite of that we have to bear them.

Labour to grow better under all your afflictions, lest your afflictions grow worse, lest God mingle them with more darkness, bitterness and terror.

To the last moment of his breath, On hope the wretch relies; And even the pang preceding death Bids expectation rise.

Adversity is the mint in which God stamps upon man his image and superscription.

As in nature, as in the arts, so in grace; it is rough treatment that gives souls as well as stones their lustre; the more the diamond is cut the brighter it sparkles; and in what seems hard dealing, their God has no end in view but to perfect His people's graces. Our Father, and and kindest of fathers, He afflicts not willingly; He sends tribulations, but hear St Paul tell their purpose, - "Tribulation worketh patience, and patience experience, and experience hope."

Don't be afraid of anything. We've seen so much suffering and evil in the 20th century and we got through it. We can go on. God is with us. God will help us. Trust Him.

Believest thou? then thou wilt speak boldly. Speakest thou boldy? then thou must suffer. Sufferest thou? then thou shalt be comforted. For faith, the confession thereof, and the cross do follow one another.

Truth triumphs, even if there be no public support.