Max Lucado Quotes

And I reminded myself that it's easy to be grateful for the obvious blessings in life, much harder to be grateful for the tough moments and the lessons they teach.

When adversity overtakes you, it pays to be thankful it was not worse instead of worrying over your misfortune.

There will always be people in your life who treat you wrong. Be sure to thank them for making you strong.

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

I certainly wouldn't say that my life is a disaster, but there have been moments where I've felt like that.

A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity 'til he has tasted adversity.

The good things of prosperity are to be wished; but the good things that belong to adversity are to be admired.

When I am made fun of in the press I just remember those days when I'd come home to find that the water had been turned off because my mother couldn't afford the bill. Suddenly, everything feels easier.

We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.

These days cry out, as never before, for us to pay attention, so we can move through them and get our joy and pride back.

We didn't have a lot when I was growing up, and it's the best thing that happened to me because I appreciate everything. I developed a strong work ethic, and I don't take anything for granted.

Don't struggle about the struggle. In other words, life's full of ups and downs. So if you're struggling, don't worry, everyone else has or will at some point.

I still have my bad days when I think I'm not getting everything I deserve. But those pass quickly once my Mother gets on the phone and says, 'listen, we used to eat rocks and walk 80 miles a day to school.

You have to accept the storms and the rainy days and the things in life that you sometimes don't want to face.

Even when we have physical hardships, we can be very happy.

Crises are part of life. Everybody has to face them, and it doesn't make any difference what the crisis is.

It always looks dark at the bottom of a recovery.

In prosperity remember adversity.

Nations in great crises and difficulties have often done that which in their prosperous and powerful hour they would not have done.

I think, in every person's life, you have ups and downs. You learn so much about yourself, sometimes even more, in the down times. Unfortunately, I had to go through it in public, which was not easy.

I can go back to poverty if a situation comes. I have sailed through the worst days of my life, and I am prepared for any crisis.

My smile will always be broken, but I'll always be grateful for the chance to get to do what I get to do.

I'm thankful for everything good and bad that happened to our band.

We in New York were very poor in the depths of the Depression - but I must say, that was the best time of my life.

We all go through things in life. You try to stay positive, but you can't ignore bad things that happen. You just try to work through them.