Hamza Yusuf Quotes

Ours is a kind of struggle designed, I dare say, by Providence to try the patience, fortitude, and virtue of men. None, therefore, who is engaged in it, will suffer himself, I trust, to sink under difficulties, or be discouraged by hardships. If he cannot do as he wishes, he must do what he can.

Patience is the remedy for every misfortune.

Regarding trials, including of our faith and patience, there are no exemptions-only variations.

It is hard! But what can not be removed, becomes lighter through patience.

Patience has the meaning of testing-a thing drawn out and tested, drawn out to the last strand in a strain without breaking, and ending in sheer joy. The strain on a violin string when stretched to the uttermost gives it its strength; and the stronger the strain, the finer is the sound of our life for God, and He never strains more than we are able to bear.

He who cannot endure the bad will not live to see the good.

Dispose thyself to patience rather than to comfort, and to the bearing of the cross rather than to gladness.

Trials make the promise sweet, Trials give new life to prayer; Trials bring me to His feet, Lay me low, and keep me there.

All through my life, I have been tested. My will has been tested, my courage has been tested, my strength has been tested. Now my patience and endurance are being tested.

The rice grain suffers under the blow of the pestle. But admire its whiteness once the order is over. So it is with men and the world we live in. To be a man one must suffer the blows of misfortune.

One can summon courage and fortitude to face tragedy; irritations and frustrations are a cloud of mosquitoes that nip and sting and drive one frantic.

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

To learn patience is not to rebel against every hardship.

Bear patiently, my heart, for you have suffered heavier things.

Great faith must have great trials.

There are many trials in life which do not seem to come from unwisdom or folly; they are silver arrows shot from the bow of God, and fixed inextricably in the quivering heart - they are meant to be borne - they were not meant, like snow or water, to melt as soon as they strike; but the moment an ill can be patiently borne it is disarmed of its poison, though not of its pain.

When you pass through the fire, you pass through humble.

My Brethren if thou endure thy trials well though shalt be exalted.

My mother always said that the strongest steel is forged by the fires of hell.

It is a higher exhibition of Christian manliness to be able to bear trouble than to get rid of it.

They merit more praise who know how to suffer misery than those who temper themselves in contentment.

Experience has taught me this, that we undo ourselves by impatience. Misfortunes have their life and their limits, their sickness and their health.

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

When troubles come our way, we can be stressed and upset, or we can trust God. Caleb could have cursed God. He didn't deserve the wilderness. He had to put his dreams on hold for four decades. Still he didn't complain or grow sour.