Adversity Quotes
The reason we have few friends in adversity, is, because we have no true ones in prosperity.
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?
It seems whenever we have a little adversity, the emotions drop. We've fallen out of the race, and it kind of takes the wind out of your sails.
We talk about mental toughness all the time. That's the biggest thing good teams have, that they can overcome adversity.
Hope and patience are two sovereign remedies for all, the surest reposals, the softest cushions to lean on in adversity.
With every adversity there is a seed of an equivalent or greater benefit for those who are motivated with positive mental attitude to become achievers.
Just be free, and at least you will go through adversity with a stronger mind, and therefore, you'll be less affected, and pain will affect you less.
Live on in your blessings, your destiny's been won. But ours calls us on from one ordeal to the next.
Most people can bear adversity. But if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power.
I think I love most people best when they are in adversity; for pity is one of my prevailing passions.
Achievers rarely, if ever, see a problem as permanent,while those who fail see even the smallest problems as permanent
Once the 'what' is decided, the 'how' always follows. We must not make the 'how' an excuse for not facing and accepting the 'what.'
The greatness of man cannot be seen in the hours of comfort and convenience, but rather in moments of conflict/adversity
The conquering of adversity produces strength of character, forges self-confidence, engenders self-respect, and assures success in righteous endeavor.
If we do not have a deep foundation of faith and a solid testimony of truth, we may have difficulty withstanding the harsh storms and icy winds of adversity which inevitably come to each of us.
My soul has made its greatest growth as I have been driven to my knees by adversity and affliction.
Recommend virtue to your children, that alone - not wealth - can give happiness. It upholds in adversity and the thought of it and my art prevents me from putting an end to my life.
Why do we dread adversity when we know that facing it is the only way to become stronger, smarter, better?
If you have to be careful because of oppression and censorship, this pressure produces diamonds.
Throughout my life, I have always lived with adversity and will continue to have faith and do good for my family, friends and fans.
God's way of dealing with us is to throw us into situations over our depth, then supply us with the necessary ability to swim.
I also know that every person faces adversity in life. Abraham Lincoln held this seat in Congress in one term. But few faced as many defeats in his personal, business and public life as he did.
The difficulties which I meet with in order to realize my existence are precisely what awaken and mobilize my activities, my capacities.
We cannot be guilty of a greater act of uncharitableness, than to interpret the afflictions which befall our neighbors as punishments and judgments.
No man is more unhappy than he who never faces adversity. For he is not permitted to prove himself.
The surest way to reveal one's character is not through adversity but by giving them power.
The unteachable man is sentenced to being taught only by experience. The tragedy is he reaches nothing further than his own pain.
Those doves below, the ones utterly cared for, never endangered ones, cannot know tenderness.
Faithfulness imparts God's reason for all circumstances. No matter what the world says, losing is no longer an option.
Easily mistaken, it is not about a love for adversity, it is about knowing a strength and a faith so great that adversity, in all its adverse manifestations, hardly even exists.