Adversity Quotes

...the sorrows God sent us brought comfort and strength with them, while the sorrows we brought on ourselves, through folly or wickedness, were by far the hardest to bear.

Dreams and freedom are the same. In order for them to be, they come with a price.

The proof of gold is fire.

People, like water, will run downhill, seeking their lowest level unless something interdicts them.

And the vision that I had when I decided to come here is all coming true. Through adversity, through everything we've been through, we've been able to persevere ... It's an unbelievable feeling.

In the no-nonsense school of adversity, which we did not choose for ourselves, we are learning how to operate a labor union.

In so many things, growth comes from adversity.

Everybody can have a bad game, and we did. These guys have all proven that they can handle adversity. We're in the midst of a little adversity.

One could draw up all different kinds of adversity depending on what your weakness is.

Remain focused on fulfilling your business mission. Never allow adversity divert your attention and efforts.

I want to be a role model and I want to show kids that you can be strong and overcome adversity.

Many a text [of Scripture] is written in a secret ink which must be held to the fire of adversity to make it visible.

Where victims see adversity, extreme achievers see opportunity.

Your response to opportunities, adversities and calling, determine the type of leader you become.

The wisest among us - the genuine leaders - smile in the face of adversity.

Adversity reveals the genius of a general; good fortune conceals it.

Quickly say, "That's good!" to every setback and adversity, and then find out what is good about it.

That thorny path, those stormy skies, have drawn our spirits nearer; and rendered us, by sorrow's ties, each to the other dearer.

Adversity cleanses the lethargies of man

In the middle of adversity there is great opportunity.

I feel like an aeroplane at the end of its flight, in the dusk, with the petrol running out, in search of a safe landing.

There have been a lot of hip-hop artists who have made a difference to people's lives, spreading the message of the struggle and representing for those who have overcome adversity.

As it is pleasant to see the sea from the land, so it is pleasant for him who has escaped from troubles to think of them.

Adversity in life teaches you.

Acting is a lifelong love affair, and I am passionate and respect my craft to the utmost degree, which gives me the strength to move on from adversity in my work.

Without adversity, the butterfly would never have the strength to achieve its destiny. It would never develop the strength to become something extraordinary.

We only truly discover who we really are in the face of tragedy and adversity, that being broken does not simply changes us, but reveals us!

He that lendeth to another in time of prosperity, shall never want help himself in the time of adversity.

If the roof caves in and the tenants are sitting in the debris, they will laugh like hell. They will endure any hardship as long as it means trouble for the landlord.

But we must not suffer over the suffering.

Case in point: Take adversity and make it an asset.

God does not always punish a nation by sending it adversity. More often He gives the oppressors their hearts' desire, and sends leanness withal into their soul.

In all adversity, what God takes away He may give us back with increase.

between prosperity and adversity there can be little real fellowship.

Occasions of adversity best discover how great virtue or strength each one hath. For occasions do not make a man frail, but they show what he is.

No man can smile in the face of adversity and mean it.

Some people as a result of adversity are sadder, wiser, kinder, more human. Most of us are better, though, when things go better.

I used to hurt so badly that I'd ask God why, what have I done to deserve any of this? I feel now He was preparing me for this, for the future. That's the way I see it.

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

Sorrow has its reward. It never leaves us where it found us.

Necessity is often the spur to genius.

Do not show your wounded finger for everything will knock up against it.

A new challenge keeps the brain kicking and the heart ticking.

You can't be a rebel without the scars that come with it. Truth is, some days scars are just as ugly as they are beautiful.

The reason we have few friends in adversity, is, because we have no true ones in prosperity.

We talk about mental toughness all the time. That's the biggest thing good teams have, that they can overcome adversity.

Things we cannot solve, we must survive.

The enlarging of the soul requires not only some remodeling, but some excavating.

When was the last fast time you thanked the Lord for a trial or tribulation? Adversity compels us to go to our knees; does gratitude for adversity do that as well?

One must not try to trick misfortune, but resign oneself to it with good grace.