Adversity Quotations | Page 2

He that can heroically endure adversity will bear prosperity with equal greatness of soul; for the mind that cannot be dejected by the former is not likely to be transported with the later.

A heart well prepared for adversity in bad times hopes, and in good times fears for a change in fortune.

A society that does not correctly interpret and appreciate its past cannot understand its present fortunes and adversities and can be caught unawares in a fast changing world.

The only use of an obstacle is to be overcome. All that an obstacle does with brave men is, not to frighten them, but to challenge them.

You never know what events are going to transpire to get you home.

Humanity either makes, or breeds, or tolerates all its afflictions.

Like a plant that starts up in showers and sunshine and does not know which has best helped it to grow, it is difficult to say whether the hard things or the pleasant things did me the most good.

He knows not his own strength that hath not met adversity.

As threshing separates the wheat from the chaff, so does affliction purify virtue.

Adversity isn't an obstacle that we need to get around in order to resume living our life. It's part of our life.

I contend that not only can you laugh at adversity, but it is essential to do so if you are to deal with setbacks without defeat.

Life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating.

Many miles away there's a shadow on the door of a cottage on the Shore of a dark Scottish lake.

Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have.

Fasting is, first and foremost, an exercise for identifying and managing adversity in all its forms. With faith, in full conscience, fasting calls women and men to an extra degree of self-awareness.

I tend to not discriminate when it comes to people I can learn from. Basically, if someone has built a meaningful business in software, technology or media, faced disruption and adversity, and overcame underdog status, I want to know how they did it.

If there were no night, we would not appreciate the day, nor could we see the stars and the vastness of the heavens. We must partake of the bitter with the sweet. There is a divine purpose in the adversities we encounter every day. They prepare, they purge, they purify, and thus they bless.

There are two things that one must get used to or one will find life unendurable: the damages of time and injustices of men.

Friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.

Prosperity is no just scale; adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.

If you aren't in over your head, how do you know how tall you are?

Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.

In the adversity of our best friends we often find something that does not displease us.

Part of the happiness of life consists not in fighting battles, but in avoiding them. A masterly retreat is in itself a victory.

We can stand affliction better than we can prosperity, for in prosperity we forget God.

Adversity is simply part of earth life. From it we can grow and progress if we choose to. Yes, some trials come because of our own disobedience, but many trials are simply part of life.

Every great man, every successful man, no matter what the field of endeavor, has known the magic that lies in these words: every adversity has the seed of an equivalent or greater benefit.

Life is like an ice-cream cone, you have to lick it one day at a time.

Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness.

Under adversity, under oppression, the words begin to fail, the easy words begin to fail. In order to convey things accurately, the human being is almost forced to find the most precise words possible, which is a precondition for literature.

Adversity tests us from time to time and it is inevitable that this testing continues during life.

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.

You don't want people who have never had to deal with adversity - you want people who have been able to deal successfully with adversity. That's what adds to society. Those are going to be the hardest-working, best people.

I didn't care what, how much adversity life threw at me. I intended to get to the top.

We see many who are struggling against adversity who are happy, and more although abounding in wealth, who are wretched.

In every adversity there lies the seed of an equivalent advantage. In every defeat is a lesson showing you how to win the victory next time.

There is no obstacle in the path of young people who are poor or members of minority groups that hard work and preparation cannot cure.

I'm used to adversity and working really well in difficult situations. It was hard for me to accept the success

Seven and half years ago I began my own journey. For me and my family it was a time of adversity. But during that adversity I derived a deeper faith. And born out of that adversity was a commitment to devote myself to those people and to those issues that truly matter to me.

Those who aim at great deeds must also suffer greatly.

Let us learn to appreciate there will be times when the trees will be bare, and look forward to the time when we may pick the fruit.

If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.

There are uses to adversity, and they don't reveal themselves until tested. Whether it's serious illness, financial hardship, or the simple constraint of parents who speak limited English, difficulty can tap unexpected strengths.

Fresh activity is the only means of overcoming adversity.

Difficulties should act as a tonic. They should spur us to greater exertion.

We do not succeed in changing things according to our desire, but gradually our desire changes. The situation that we hoped to change because it was intolerable becomes unimportant. We have not managed to surmount the obstacle, as we were absolutely determined to do, but life has taken us round it, led us past it, and then if we turn round to gaze at the remote past, we can barely catch sight of it, so imperceptible has it become.

We are always on the anvil; by trials God is shaping us for higher things.

As with the butterfly, adversity is necessary to build character in people.

Much that we call evil is really good in disguises; and we should not quarrel rashly with adversities not yet understood, nor overlook the mercies often bound up in them.

Perhaps all the dragons of our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us once beautiful and brave.

One of the greatest gifts my father gave me - unintentionally - was witnessing the courage with which he bore adversity. We had a bit of a rollercoaster life with some really challenging financial periods. He was always unshaken, completely tranquil, the same ebullient, laughing, jovial man.

If all misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be contented to take their own and depart.

Everything that we see is a shadow cast by that which we do not see.

Many who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy; many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable.

The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.

In time of difficulties, we must not lose sight of our achievements.

The apprenticeship of difficulty is one which the greatest of men have had to serve.

I consider adversity being good sometimes you know.

In spite of discouragement and adversity, those who are happiest seem to have a way of learning from difficult times, becoming stronger, wiser and happier as a result.

Everyone goes through adversity in life, but what matters is how you learn from it.

The willow which bends to the tempest, often escapes better than the oak which resists it; and so in great calamities, it sometimes happens that light and frivolous spirits recover their elasticity and presence of mind sooner than those of a loftier character.

Nothing is harder to direct than a man in prosperity; nothing more easily managed that one is adversity.

Initially, I know that I handled it worse than she did and I think partly because I've always been... every bit of adversity I've faced up until the last year and a half is adversity I brought upon myself - or the opposing teams have given me.

Abuse a man unjustly, and you will make friends for him.

Adversity is the trial of principle. Without it, a man hardly knows whether he is honest or not.

Whenever I do the sign of the cross, it always brings comfort in situations when you are faced with adversity and stress.

It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.

The pressure of adversity does not affect the mind of the brave man... It is more powerful than external circumstances.

Adversity has a way of introducing a man to himself.

Israel was not created in order to disappear - Israel will endure and flourish. It is the child of hope and the home of the brave. It can neither be broken by adversity nor demoralized by success. It carries the shield of democracy and it honors the sword of freedom.

Trouble is the common denominator of living. It is the great equalizer.

Many of the lessons we are to learn in mortality can only be received through the things we experience and sometimes suffer. And God expects and trusts us to face temporary mortal adversity with His help so we can learn what we need to learn and ultimately become what we are to become in eternity.

Comfort and prosperity have never enriched the world as much as adversity has.

The firmest of friendships have been formed in mutual adversity, as iron is most strongly united by the fiercest flame.

When something an affliction happens to you, you either let it defeat you, or you defeat it.

I'll say this for adversity: people seem to be able to stand it, and that's more than I can say for prosperity.

Remorse sleeps during prosperity but awakes bitter consciousness during adversity.

In adversity, remember to keep an even mind.

Adversity has the same effect on a man that severe training has on the pugilist: it reduces him to his fighting weight.

Adversity is the state in which man most easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free of admirers then.

Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, 'This is a misfortune' but 'To bear this worthily is good fortune.'

Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss.

To endure is the first thing that a child ought to learn, and that which he will have the most need to know.

I bring to my life a certain amount of mess.

The nearer the dawn the darker the night.

The long, dull, monotonous years of middle-aged prosperity or middle-aged adversity are excellent campaigning weather for the devil.

The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity.

God had one son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering.

The good things of prosperity are to be wished; but the good things that belong to adversity are to be admired.

Intolerance is itself a form of violence and an obstacle to the growth of a true democratic spirit.

I don't think we live in those times when great art comes out of great adversity.

For gold is tried in the fire and acceptable men in the furnace of adversity.

The experience of democracy is like the experience of life itself-always changing, infinite in its variety, sometimes turbulent and all the more valuable for having been tested by adversity.

There is no doubt that life is given us, not to be enjoyed, but to be overcome; to be got over.

When you have adversity and you have pain, you never feel more alone than you do at that moment. And you can be surrounded by hundreds of thousands of people.

Sweet are the uses of adversity which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, wears yet a precious jewel in his head.

Constant success shows us but one side of the world; adversity brings out the reverse of the picture.

I haven't always acted or reacted in a way that made me proud, but I didn't make that same mistake twice, and I think that's what I love about adversity is that it always reminds me of what's really valuable in life.

I'm able to make decisions even in the face of adversity.

Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; adversity is the blessing of the New.