Adversity Quotes
Adversity Quote of the day
Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
One thing about championship teams is that they're resilient. No matter what is thrown at them, no matter how deep the hole, they find a way to bounce back and overcome adversity.
Gloom and despondency have never defeated adversity. Trying times need courage and resilience. Our strength as a people is not tested during the best of times.
Lots of times, our main problem isn't our problem. Our biggest problem is our perspective on our problem.
A true champion is not judged by how much he or she is admired, but by how well they can stand at the face of adversity.
In order to realize the worth of the anchor we need to feel the stress of the storm.
Often times God demonstrates His faithfulness in adversity by providing for us what we need to survive. He does not change our painful circumstances. He sustains us through them.
Intolerance is itself a form of violence and an obstacle to the growth of a true democratic spirit.
In my experience, men who respond to good fortune with modesty and kindness are harder to find than those who face adversity with courage.
Sometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing that we see too late the one that is open.
The eagle has no fear of adversity. We need to be like the eagle and have a fearless spirit of a conqueror!
Challenges make you discover things about yourself that you never really knew. They're what make the instrument stretch - what make you go beyond the norm.
We must not wish for the disappearance of our troubles but for the grace to transform them.
Though we tremble before uncertain futures may we meet illness, death and adversity with strength may we dance in the face of our fears.
In my opinion, character is the most important determinant of a person's success, achievement and ability to handle adversity.
Men succeed when they realize that their failures are the preparation for their victories.
It isn't the mountain ahead that wears you out; it's the grain of sand in your shoe.
Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which, in prosperous circumstances, would have lain dormant.
In times of great stress or adversity, it's always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive.
If we had not winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.
Let no worldly prosperity divert you, nor any worldly adversity restrain you from His praise.
If you don't like your situation in life, don't fret or worry--do something about it. Worry less, and act more.
Whatever is rightly done, however humble, is noble. (Quidvis recte factum quamvis humile praeclarum.)
It constantly happens that the Lord permits a soul to fall so that it may grow humbler.
If our team doesn't face enough adversity early on in a season, I create it. Nothing builds a team like adversity.
The troubles of this world pass, and what we have left is what we have made of our souls.
Self-discipline is the ability to make yourself do something you don't necessarily want to do, to get a result you would really like to have.
I thank God for my handicaps. For through them, I have found myself, my work and my God.
Anyone can see the adversity in a difficult situation, but it takes a stronger person to see the opportunity.
It is your reaction to adversity, not the adversity itself, that determines how your life’s story will develop.
A team divided against itself can break down at any moment. The least bit of pressure or adversity will crack it apart
Extraordinary people survive under the most terrible circumstances and they become more extraordinary because of it.
