Adversity Quotes
People are never helped in their suffering by what they think for themselves, but only by revelation of a wisdom greater than their own. It is this which lifts them out of their distress.
It is... very helpful to think of adversity not so much as a threat to our peace of mind but rather as the very means by which patience is attained.
The healing power of the Lord Jesus Christ-whether it removes our burdens or strengthens us to endure and live with them like the Apostle Paul-is available for every affliction in mortality.
Every successful person has faced, attacked, and conquered adversity somewhere along the way.
Adversity itself may lead toward and not away from God and spiritual enlightenment; and privation may prove a source of strength if we can but keep a sweetness of mind and spirit.
When a man hangs from a tree it doesn't spell justice unless he helped write the law that hanged him.
I believe that the souls of women flatten and anchor themselves in times of adversity, lay in for the stay.
It has been always held for a special principle in friendship that prosperity provideth but adversity proveth friends.
It is in adversity that the good show their friendship most clearly; prosperity always finds friends.
Yes," answered Sara, nodding. "Adversity tries people, and mine has tried you and proved how nice you are.
Certainly virtue is like precious odors, most fragrant when they are incensed, or crushed: for prosperity doth best discover vice, but adversity doth best discover virtue.
It was a high speech of Seneca that "The good things which belong to prosperity are to be wished, but the good things that belong to adversity are to be admired."
As there is no worldly gain without some loss, so there is no worldly loss without some gain.... Set the allowance against the loss, and thou shalt find no loss great.
Seest thou good days? Prepare for evil times. No summer but hath its winter. He never reaped comfort in adversity that sowed not in prosperity.
You must be kind to others. You must foster a caretaker personality of gentleness and perseverance, even in the midst of adversity.
Everyone has to have either this or that problem, if he can't find any problem, he loses all reason for living.
I'd like to be able to do complex math in my head. Any kind of adversity and I become very anxious, but if you're a robot, you have good equilibrium. I wish I was cooler under pressure, like a robot.
Despite how difficult and hopeless it was at times, my experiences have shaped me for the better in many ways. It ultimately taught me empathy and invaluable lessons only learned through adversity.
"When in your life were you the most challenged?" I love to hear stories of adversity and how people overcome them.
The notion that artists flourish upon adversity and misunderstanding, that they are able to function to the utmost in an atmosphere of indifference or hostility - this notion is nine-tenths nonsense.
At key crossroads in his life, Vernon Davis has continued to make a conscious choice to grow as a person and player. His determination through adversity since his childhood days is commendable.
The more obstacles you encounter, the harder you must fight to meet your destiny. Never let adversity win. Never give up on yourself and the good you can bring to the world.
Adversity, which makes us indulgent to others, renders them severe towards us.
And I will show that there is no imperfection in the present, and can be none in the future, And I will show that whatever happens to anybody it may be turned to beautiful results.
If you voluntarily quit in the face of adversity, you'll wonder about it for the rest of your life.
In prosperous times I have sometimes felt my fancy and powers of language flag, but adversity is to me at least a tonic and bracer.
Rejoice in liberating moments of victory when conflicts, trials, and adversity fall momentarily under your command.
One of the advantages of having lived a long time is that you can often remember when you had it worse. I am grateful to have lived long enough to have known some of the blessings of adversity.
You gotta play the hand that's dealt you. There may be pain in that hand, but you play it. And I've played it.
