The Purposes of Adversity

Apostle Orson F. Whitney (1855–1931) of the Quorum of
the Twelve Apostles, explained: “No pain that we suffer, no
trial that we experience is wasted. It ministers to our educa-
tion, to the development of such qualities as patience, faith,
fortitude and humility. All that we suffer and all that we
endure, especially when we endure it patiently, builds up
our characters, purifes our hearts, expands our souls, and
makes us more tender and charitable, more worthy to be
called the children of God . . . and it is through sorrow and
suffering, toil and tribulation, that we gain the education
that we come here to acquire.”  

Quoted by Spencer W. Kimball in Faith Precedes the Miracle (1972), 98