William Arthur Ward Quotes

We've had some tough times, but we've hung in there.

Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments; but let us have patience and we soon shall see them in their proper figures.

The greatest value in trouble comes to those who bow lowest before the throne.

the worst times come to an end if you can only wait long enough.

We may be in a tough time right now, but when we are in a tough time is when our movement gets really strong.

Bear the Cross cheerfully and it will bear you.

Persevere and preserve yourselves for better circumstances.

The Bible is replete with commands to persevere, especially in the face of injustice.

When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hang on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.

Be patient, my soul: thou hath suffered worse than this.

Bear and endure: This sorrow will one day prove to be for your good.

We draw our strength from the very despair in which we have been forced to live. We shall endure

Nothing is ever as bad as it seems. Nor does it ever last as long as you think.

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

Rightly conceived, time is the friend of all who are in any way in adversity, for its mazy road winds in and out of the shadows sooner or later into sunshine, and when one is at its darkest point one can be certain that presently it will grow brighte.

No character is ultimately tested until it has suffered.

Not everyone is lucky enough to understand how delicious it is to suffer.

Hard times may have held you down, but they will not last forever. When all is said and done, you will be increased.

Saints spring and thrive most internally, when they are most externally afflicted. Afflictions are the mother of virtue.

As in nature, as in the arts, so in grace; it is rough treatment that gives souls as well as stones their lustre; the more the diamond is cut the brighter it sparkles; and in what seems hard dealing, their God has no end in view but to perfect His people's graces. Our Father, and and kindest of fathers, He afflicts not willingly; He sends tribulations, but hear St Paul tell their purpose, - "Tribulation worketh patience, and patience experience, and experience hope."

Do not fret over your heavy troubles, for they are the heralds of weighty mercies.

Life will hit you hard in the face, wait for you to get back up just so it can kick you in the stomach. But getting the wind knocked out of you is the only way to remind your lungs how much they like the taste of air.

Suffering can make saints of people as they learn patience, long-suffering and self-mastery.

If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today