Adversity Quote by Thomas a Kempis

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

— Thomas a Kempis

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

— Thomas a Kempis

“Patience is heavenly, obedience is noble, forgiveness is merciful, and exaltation is godly; and he that holds out faithful to the end shall in…

— Joseph Smith

“[S]how yourself a Christian, by suffering without murmuring; - in patience possess your soul: they lose nothing who gain Christ.”

— Samuel Rutherford

Peace be unto thy soul; thine adversity and thine afflictions shall be but a small moment; And then, if thou endure it well, God…

— Joseph Smith, Jr

The Lord, Jesus Christ, is our perfect example of patience.

— Joseph B. Wirthlin

In regard of God, patience is a submission to His sovereignty. To endure a trial, simply because we cannot avoid or resist it, is…

— Stephen Charnock

Patience attains All that it strives for. He who has God Finds he lacks nothing: God alone suffices.

— Teresa of Avila

Let nothing disturb thee; Let nothing dismay thee; All things pass; God never changes. Patience attains All that it strives for.

— Teresa of Avila

Patience is heavenly, obedience is noble, forgiveness is merciful, and exaltation is godly; and he that holds out faithful to the end shall in…

— Joseph Smith, Jr

Be patient, if thou wouldst thy ends accomplish; for like patience is there no appliance effective of success, producing certainly abundant fruit of actions,…

— J. K. Bharavi

“Patience is a process of perfection. The Savior Himself said that in your patience you possess your souls. Or, to use another translation of…

— Dieter F. Uchtdorf