Quotes about "Why Me?"
"When you face adversity, you can be led to ask many questions. Some serve a useful purpose; others do not. To ask, Why does this have to happen to me? Why do I have to suffer this, now? What have I done to cause this? will lead you into blind alleys.
It really does no good to ask questions that reflect opposition to the will of God.
Rather ask, What am I to do? What am I to learn from this experience? What am I to change? Whom am I to help? How can I remember my many blessings in times of trial?
Willing sacrifice of deeply held personal desires in favor of the will of God is very hard to do. Yet, when you pray with real conviction, 'Please let me know Thy will' and 'May Thy will be done,' you are in the strongest position to receive the maximum help from your loving Father."
Richard G. Scott "Trust in the Lord" - Oct. 1995 Gen. Conf. (after the death of his wife)
"Some 'why me' questions, asked amid stress, would be much better as 'what' questions, such as, 'What is required of me now?' or, to paraphrase Moroni's words, 'If I am sufficiently humble, which personal weakness could now become a strength?' (see Ether 12:27)."
Elder Neal A. Maxwell, "Apply the Atoning Blood of Christ" - Oct. 1997 Gen Conf.
"Never put a question mark where the Lord has put a period."
President Harold B. Lee - quoted by W. Eugene Hansen at a BYU Dev. on June 30, 1998