James E. Faust Quotes

We are too prone to engrave our trials in marble and write our blessings in sand.

I've had 60 years of ups and downs, and all of the downs that I've had, I'm happy that I've had them because it's taught me to appreciate all the ups.

Sometimes poverty is the greatest gift you can ever be given. Sometimes loss is the key that leads you to gain.

Every burden is a blessing.

I can't help but be thankful, and really appreciate everything I have been through, good and bad, because it got me here!

You'd never be able to appreciate what's good in life if you've never experienced the bad.

What is joy without sorrow? What is success without failure? What is a win without a loss? What is health without illness? You have to experience each if you are to appreciate the other. There is always going to be suffering. It’s how you look at your suffering, how you deal with it, that will define you.

Cutting one side of your head for a few months is not a big deal compared with what other people have to deal with in the world. Plus, hair grows back.

A good thing to remember is somebody's got it a lot worse than we do.

I had the blues because I had no shoes until upon the street, I met a man who had no feet.

In difficult times, it's so hard to look around and to see what to be grateful for.

We're all human beings, and we all have the same problems. I do remember how blessed I am, and no matter how bad things are, they can always get worse.

Too much good fortune can make you smug and unaware. Happiness should be like an oasis, the greener for the desert that surrounds it.

To appreciate heaven well, it's good for a person to have some fifteen minutes of hell.

If you don't know about pain and trouble, you're in sad shape. They make you appreciate life.

Difficult times have helped me to understand better than before, how infinitely rich and beautiful life is in every way, and that so many things that one goes worrying about are of no importance whatsoever.

I lived through the garbage. I might as well dine on the caviar.

No matter how bad you think you have it, there's always - always somebody who's got it way, way worse.

Life stinks, but that doesn't mean you don't enjoy it.

Injury in general teaches you to appreciate every moment. I've had my share of injuries throughout my career. It's humbling. It gives you perspective. No matter how many times I've been hurt, I've learned from that injury and come back even more humble.

In the scriptures, we are told you can't really understand happiness unless you understand sadness. You don't know pleasure if you don't know pain. It's part of life. So can you learn something from somebody who has gone from success to success to success? I don't think so.

Constant success shows us but one side of the world; adversity brings out the reverse of the picture.

I'll never forget one of those things that my father said to me. My father said: 'You know what? We have had so many amazingly positive experiences that we would have never had because you're famous. We can stand to have a couple negatives ones, too.'

Injuries give you perspective. They teach you to cherish the moments that I might have taken for granted before.

I am not saying everything's perfect, but I embrace anything bad because that makes me appreciate all the good.