Reviews of Forged in the Refiner's Fire

A good book should leave you... slightly exhausted at the end. You live
several lives while reading it. ~William Styron, interview, Writers at Work, 1958

Forged in the Refiner's Fire

Reviews

This is a truly inspirational and uplifting book. "Personal essays of people who have had serious challenges and/or trials in life, how they survived, and what they learned. I highly recommend this for anyone who is currently going through really hard times, or anyone who has survived them. You discover you are not alone in your stuggles, and that the adage is true: "Anything that does not kill you makes you stronger." ~Holly Horton

"As a woman that has faced many challenges in my life, reading about others certainly helped me to put things into perspective. It is very helpful to know that others have faced trials and have come out on top." ~Robin Trickey

"Reading about the trials that these people faced and how they did it with such strenghth and dignity inspires me to find courage to face my own struggles. Their unfailing trust in the Lord helps to build my faith to turn to him should I be faced with similar circumstances." ~Cathy Witbeck

"A good book to have on your bookshelf to remind us that we are not alone in facing extreme difficulties. We can be buoyed up by the courage that others have had when facing their trials." ~Book Review and More.com

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Thoughts on Reading

"Day by day, hour by hour, man builds the character that will determine his place and standing among his associates throughout the ages. ...More important than riches, more enduring than fame, more precious than happiness is the possession of a noble character. Truly it has been said that the grand aim of man's creation is the development of a grand character, and grand character is by its very nature the product of a probationary discipline." ~David O. McKay "Man's Soul Is As Endless As Time" Instructor, January 1960, 1-2

"Life gives to all the choice. You can satisfy yourself with mediocrity if you wish. You can be common, ordinary, dull, colorless, or you can channel your life so that it will be clean, vibrant, useful, progressive, colorful, and rich." ~ Spencer W. Kimball

"The Lord works from the inside out. The world works from the outside in. The world would take people out of the slums. Christ would take the slums out of people, and then they would take themselves out of the slums. The world would mold men by changing their environment. Christ changes men, who then change their environment. The world would shape human behavior, but Christ can change human nature." ~Ezra Taft Benson

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