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Adversity Quotes by Thomas a Kempis

13 Adversity quotes by Thomas a Kempis

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Kempis never makes a fuss; his 13 modest sayings strip away the noise and focus on inner steadiness. If you’re looking for a calm, reflective voice that reminds you how to stay grounded when hardship arrives, these brief reflections are a solid place to start.

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If thou art willing to suffer no adversity, how wilt thou be the friend of Christ?

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Occasions of adversity best discover how great virtue or strength each one hath. For occasions do not make a man frail, but…

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There is no man in this world without some manner of tribulation or anguish, though he be king or pope.

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The measure of every man’s virtue is best revealed in time of adversity - adversity that does not weaken a man but…

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It carries a burden which is no burden; it will not be kept back by anything low and mean; it desires to…

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Do not try to find a place free from temptations and troubles. Rather, seek a peace that endures even when you are…

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“Hence we must support one another, console one another, mutually help, counsel, and advise, for the measure of every man’s virtue is…

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How should thy patience be crowned in heaven if none adversity should befall to thee in earth? If thou wilt suffer none…

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As iron put into the fire loseth its rust and becometh clearly red-hot, so he that wholly turneth himself unto God puts…

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“If all were perfect, what should we have to suffer from others for God's sake? But God has so ordained, that we…

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Patience is necessary in this life because so much of life is fraught with adversity. No matter how hard we try, our…

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Christ willed to suffer and be despised and do you dare complain of the same? Christ had adversaries and backbiters; and do…

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Jesus has many lovers of His kingdom of heaven, but he has few bearers of His Cross. Many desire His consolation, but…

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Have therefore zeal to better thyself and then mayst thou have zeal to thy neighbor.

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And if thy heart be straight with God then every creature shall be to thee a mirror of life and a book of holy…

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Patience is necessary in this life because so much of life is fraught with adversity. No matter how hard we try, our lives will…

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To take no account of oneself, but always to think well and highly of others is the highest wisdom and perfection.

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It is easier not to speak a word at all than to speak more words than we should.

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Be Yourself -The man who is neither bent upon pleasing his fellows nor afraid of offending them will enjoy great peace.

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“0 true and heavenly grace, without which our own merits are nothing, and our natural gifts of no account! Neither arts nor riches, beauty…

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If you would endeavor, like men of courage, to stand in the battle, surely we would feel the favorable assistance of God from heaven.…

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“No man safely goeth abroad who loveth not to rest at home. No man safely talketh but he who loveth to hold his peace.…

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“Nature has a relish for knowing secrets and hearing news. It wishes to appear abroad and to have sense experiences. It wishes to be…

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Love is watchful. Sleeping, it does not slumber. Wearied, it is not tired. Pressed, it is not straitened. Alarmed, it is not confused, but…

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If you bear the cross gladly, it will bear you.

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Be thankful for the smallest blessing, and you will be worthy to receive greater.

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If you cast away one cross, you will certainly find another, and perhaps a heavier.

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Dispose thyself to patience rather than to comfort, and to the bearing of the cross rather than to gladness.

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