Oswald Chambers Quotes

If we approach adversities wisely, our hardest times can be times of greatest growth, which in turn can lead toward times of greatest happiness.

I could lose and it could be the best fight ever, it still does great things for me.

When you face difficult times, know that challenges are not sent to destroy you. They're sent to promote, increase and strengthen you.

I like challenges and I don't believe in failure. I don't believe in regrets. I believe suffering, failure - all those concepts - are things that are absolutely necessary to make us the best people that we can be, the best at whatever we want to do.

The difference between successful people and others is how long they spend time feeling sorry for themselves.

Life is meant to be a challenge, because challenges are what make you grow.

Life is a balance of fear and overcoming it.

The point of life is not who falls down. The point is who gets up and how you do it.

That is the challenge Companion. To take what has happened to you and learn from it. Nothing is quite so destructive as pity, especially self-pity. No event in life is so terrible that one cannot rise above it.

We develop our character muscles by overcoming challenges and obstacles.

Obstacles are found everywhere, and in overcoming them we nourish ourselves.

I do not allow myself to be overcome by hopelessness, no matter how tough the situation. I believe that if you just do your little bit without thinking of the bigness of what you stand against, if you turn to the enlargement of your own capacities, just that itself creates new potential.

When you're not happy, you need to be strong to change, resisting the temptation of turning back. The weak goes nowhere

I'll always use the negativity as more motivation to work even harder and become even stronger.

The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and to be greater than our suffering.

Some of my lowest points were the most exciting opportunities to push through to be a better person.

I am proof that one person can rise above any challenge, and if I can, then so will others if they are given the chance.

Most of us, swimming against the tides of trouble the world knows nothing about, need only a bit of praise or encouragement - and we will make the goal.

As you wrestle with life... You're going to come out on the other end healed... I've fallen short sometimes, and I've risen pretty high a few times.

I thank every bully I ever had because that's the only reason I'm here. I learned how to not be affected by it and triumph over it, and that made me - again, if I had any success whatsoever, it's because these people made fun of me.

I wanted people to know that I'm human, and I'm only successful because I've learned the hard way. I've been in so many dark places, but I got myself out.

I believe I overcame a lot.

The theme of my life is overcoming. It is my personal mantra and what I help other people do.

I don't like whining about the challenges I face while I work. I know they are for the better so I can rise stronger and better.

I'm growing and learning that the knockout just comes.