To have faith in Christ means more than simply despising the delights of this life. It means we should bear all our daily trials that may bring us sorrow, distress, or unhappiness, and bear them patiently for as long as God wishes. Symeon the New Theologian
The pursuit of peace and progress cannot end in a few years in either victory or defeat. The pursuit of peace and progress, with its trials and its errors, its successes and its setbacks, can never be relaxed and never abandoned. Dag Hammarskjöld
If we are faithful to GOD in little things, we shall gain experience and strength that will be helpful to us in the more serious trials of life. James Hudson Taylor
A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor a man perfected without trials. Chinese Proverb
Friends and mules fail in hard trials. Galician Proverb
The diamond cannot be polished without friction, nor the man perfected without trials. Chinese Proverb