Joni Eareckson Tada Quotes

Failure sometimes enlarges the spirit. You have to fall back upon humanity and God.

Through my handicaps, I have found my self, my work, my God.

Faith must be tested, because it can be turned into a personal possession only through conflict.

Through faith, the weak times can become peak times.

Real true faith is man's weakness leaning on God's strength.

Christ's strength is manifest in our weakness, so if we had everything together there would be no need for Him.

Walt Disney got away with portraying me in the light that they were portraying me in. I have always been a fighter, so... But I have no regrets, man. It's just like God brought me through the drugs, I know he'll bring me through this.

The Divine wisdom has given us prayer, not as a means whereby to obtain the good things of earth, but as a means whereby we learn to do without them; not as a means whereby we escape evil, but as a means whereby we become strong to meet it.

My weakness, that is, my quadriplegia, is my greatest asset because it forces me into the arms of Christ every single morning when I get up.

There have been many times in my life when I felt like I'd never pick up the pieces, but God has always given me the power to do it.

I keep a lot of my old baseball hats, and if you look in the hats I've had since I started pitching, you'll see 'Philippians 4:13' written on the brim. That's the Scripture that gets me through the day because sometimes you can't do it all by yourself. You can't do it on your own, so you lean on Him.

Anything that I undergo, I look at as redemptive suffering.

I have to say that the most important thing Scientology has given me is the ability to keep my integrity together.

God will give us the strength to be able to handle things. I mean, you can try to do it on your own, and sometimes you can pull off some stuff, but in the long run, it's much easier with Him by our side.

I wouldn't ever say if you're having tough times then there must be something wrong with you or your attitude. Life's a fight. It's a good fight of faith. I encourage people to stay up, stay hopeful, stay faith-filled.

When I realize I've come through so much, good and bad, because of my relationship with Christ, I can't hide that light within me.

I personally wouldn't be where I am without my faith. I know that for a fact.

My father disowned me and my mother left me. It was difficult but I took Lord Ganesha's and Jesus's name and could pass through it.

And when things get tough, trust there is a bigger plan and that you will be stronger for it.

Sometimes, my weakness is where the strength really is, and it leads me to depend in the areas where I really should.

Throughout my life, my prayers have actively sustained me - held me up, carried me through.

I wouldn't be where I am without my faith.

After each failure, ask forgiveness, pick yourself up, and try again. Very often what God first helps us toward is not the virtue itself but just this power of always trying again. For however important chastity (or courage, or truthfulness, or any other virtue) may be, this process trains us in habits of the soul which are more important still. It cures our illusions about ourselves and teaches us to depend on God. We learn, on the one hand, that we cannot trust ourselves even in our best moments, and, on the other, that we need not despair even in our worst, for our failures are forgiven.

No matter what you’re going through there's no pit so deep that God can’t reach in and get you out.

We can choose the attitude that says, I have been wronged. People have hurt me, but with the help of God, I am going to learn how to return good for evil, and I am going to make a difference in this world.