“We cannot run away from our problems. We have to pray for strength to conquer,”— Lailah Gifty Akita Related Quotes “Enduring the times.”— Lailah Gifty Akita “The difficulties of life are part of life’s journey on earth. Grace is needed for endurance.”— Lailah Gifty Akita “All of us might wish at times that we lived in a more tranquil world, but we don’t. And if our times are difficult and perplexing, so are they challenging and filled with opportunity.”— Robert F. Kennedy