James E. Faust Quotes

I've learned at the book signings that everyone has obstacles.

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

Scars remind you of difficult places in your life that you've championed.

There have been a lot of challenges over the years that I have overcome.

I salute you for your courage, and I applaud your perseverance, and I embrace you for your faith in the face of adversarial forces.

Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men! Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Prayer is not conquering God's reluctance, but taking hold of God's willingness.

To take the difficulties, setbacks and sorrows of life as a challenge to overcome makes us stronger, rather than unjust punishment which should not happen to us, requires faith and courage.

In difficult times, we're not supposed to quit believing; we're not supposed to quit growing.

Through these adversities, Israel has endured with continued strength, conviction, and faith.

When you face the perils of weariness, carelessness, and confusion, don't pray for an easier life. Pray instead to be a stronger man or woman of God.

There are so many difficult things we're living through in the world today, so many horrible events, but we cannot let them stop us. No matter what happens, I feel you must move forward with optimism and not get totally sideswiped.

I think you need to go through some stuff to really appreciate life and understand what it means to persevere, overcome and have faith. I think those tough times make you a stronger person.

I hope that I'm always struggling, really. You develop when you're struggling. When you're struggling, you get stronger.

My life is a beautiful struggle.

The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak, became a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong.

Ten thousand difficulties do not make one doubt.

God, he deals you blows that at sometimes you think you can't handle and in the last year there have been things that we thought we couldn't handle but we've dealt with it up until this point.

No one is perfect in this world, and we all have our battles, but it's the way we get back on our feet and turn it around that really counts.

Trials teach us what we are; they dig up the soil, and let us see what we are made of.

In time of difficulties, we must not lose sight of our achievements.

I overcame a lot of obstacles in my life and in my childhood.

We really feel happier when things look bleak. Hope is endurance. Hope is holding on and going on and trusting in the Lord.

Yield not to calamity, but face her boldly.

God grant you the strength to fight off the temptations of surrender.

It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.