Viktor E. Frankl Quotes

In the heroic effort of the handcart pioneers, we learn a great truth. All must pass through a refiner’s fire, and the insignificant and unimportant in our lives can melt away like dross and make our faith bright, intact, and strong. There seems to be a full measure of anguish, sorrow, and often heartbreak for everyone, including those who earnestly seek to do right and be faithful. Yet this is part of the purging to become acquainted with God.

We learn to fight and to grow strong by fighting.

There is no man who will not be grieved at the time of his chastisement; and there is not man who will not endure a bitter time, when he must drink the poison of temptations. Without them, it is not possible to obtain a strong will. When he has often experienced the help of God in temptations, a man also obtains strong faith.

Adversity itself may lead toward and not away from God and spiritual enlightenment; and privation may prove a source of strength if we can but keep a sweetness of mind and spirit.

May our adversities make us strong. May our victories make us wise. May our actions make us proud.

Every problem is a character-building opportunity, and the more difficult it is, the greater the potential for building spiritual muscle and moral fiber.

Suffering reveals to us the two things that ultimately matter: that we are weak but He is strong.

The bigger your problems, the bigger your prayer should be.

It is only the strong who are strengthened by suffering; the weak are made weaker.

I've learned that every single trial offers us a chance to either turn away from what we know to be true, or to stand strong in who we are...

So next time you feel like your world is about to end, I hope you studied because He's testing your faith again.

Every Warrior of the Light has suffered for the most trivial of reasons.

To be cheerful when others are in despair, to keep the faith when others falter, to be true even when we feel forsaken—all of these are deeply desired outcomes during the deliberate, divine tutorials which God gives to us—because He loves us. These learning experiences must not be misread as divine indifference. Instead, such tutorials are a part of the divine unfolding.

See your weakness as a reason to pray the more, it should not be the reason for sadness or to abandon your post.

Through every trial we grow. All suffering we experience has a meaning. Though it seems very cruel, it is like the fire that smelts the iron ore: the steel that emerges from that furnace is beautifully strong, useful for many purposes.

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

Sometimes, our greatest strengths can be found while trusting God through our greatest obstacles.

The scar will remain, but it is better for a man to lose both arms than his soul; and these hard years, instead of being lost, may be made the most precious of your lives, if they teach you to rule yourselves.

Only the strongest are put through the fire,' Josiah said. 'And the forge creates things of great strength and beauty.' 'Then I shall be truly glorious by the time my tenure ends.

When things go really really bad - life is going to have its way with you no matter who you are - and when things get really really bad, that's the time to stand up and keep going, and to push, not to fall down or run away.

Everybody comes to a point in their life when they want to quit. But it's what you do at that moment that determines who you are.

The strongest trees are rooted in the dark places of the earth. Darkness will be your cloak, your shield, your mother's milk. Darkness will make you strong.

Today's burdens can strengthen you for tomorrow.

No man is more unhappy than he who never faces adversity. For he is not permitted to prove himself.