Every conquering temptation represents a new fund of moral energy. Every trial endured and weathered in the right spirit makes a soul nobler and stronger than it was before. ～William Butler Yeats
每一次誘惑得以克服，就加增了道德的能量。每一次考驗能以正確的態度，並忍耐承受得住，必能使靈魂更高貴、更堅強。
Trials and tribulations offer us a chance to make reparation for our past faults and sins. On such occasions the Lord comes to us like a physician to heal the wounds left by our sins. Tribulation is the divine medicine. ～Saint Augustine
試煉和磨難的臨到，使我們有機會彌補以往的過錯和罪惡。此時，上帝像醫生一樣，來到我們身邊，治愈我們因罪所留下的傷口。苦難是神聖的良藥。
If we desire our faith to be strengthened, we should not shrink from opportunities where our faith may be tried, and therefore, through trial, be strengthened. ～George Muller
如果我們渴望信心增長，就不該逃避考驗信心的機會，因為，通過試驗，我們的信心便得以加強。
No man, without trials and temptations, can attain a true understanding of the Holy Scriptures. ～John Bunyan
沒有經過試煉和試探的人，無法真正明白聖經。
But he knows the way that I take; when he has tested me, I will come forth as gold.
然而他知道我所行的路；他試煉我之後，我必如精金。（伯23:10）
For you, God, tested us;you refined us like silver.
神啊，你曾試驗我們，熬煉我們，如熬煉銀子一樣。（詩66:10）
Dear friends, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal that has come on you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you. But rejoice inasmuch as you participate in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed.
親愛的弟兄啊，有火煉的試驗臨到你們，不要以為奇怪，似乎是遭遇非常的事，倒要歡喜；因為你們是與基督一同受苦，使你們在他榮耀顯現的時候，也可以歡喜快樂。（彼前4:12、13）
It was good for me to be afflicted so that I might learn your decrees.
我受苦是與我有益，為要使我學習你的律例。（詩119:71）
In the midst of a very severe trial, their overflowing joy…
就是他們在患難中受大試煉的時候，仍有滿足的快樂…（林後8:2a）