Adversity Quotes
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.
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 is the nurse of greatness which roughly rocks her patients back to health.
Let not adversity oppress thee: be rather like unto the nail; the farther 'tis hammered, the firmer it holds.
Rejoice in liberating moments of victory when conflicts, trials, and adversity fall momentarily under your command.
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.
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.
Adversity is a severe instructor. ... He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.
Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant.
Adversity has ever been considered as the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted with himself being free from flatterers.
Be willing to have it so acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune.
Americans are like a rich father who wishes he knew how to give his sons the hardships that made him rich.
The fiery trials through which we pass will light us down in honour or dishonour to the latest generation.
The virtue of prosperity is temperance the virtue of adversity is fortitude which in morals is the heroical virtue.
At every step the child should be allowed to meet the real experience of life the thorns should never be plucked from his roses.
To be thrown upon one's own resources is to be cast into the very lap of fortune for our faculties then undergo a development and display an energy of which they were previously unsusceptible.
Men habitually use only a small part of the powers which they possess and which they might use under appropriate circumstances.
Theodore you have the mind but you have not the body, and without the help of the body the mind cannot go as far as it should. I am giving you the tools, but it is up to you to make your body.
The fiery trials through which we pass will light us down in honor or dishonor to the last generation.
Nothing is more desirable than to be released from an affliction but nothing is more frightening than to be divested of a crutch.
Sweet are the uses of adversityWhich, like the toad, ugly and venomous, Wears yet a precious jewel in his head.
We have absolutely no control over what happens to us in life but what we have paramount control over is how we respond to those events.
I have been in sorrow's kitchen and licked out all the pots. Then I have stood on the peaky mountain wrapped in rainbows with a harp and sword in my hands.
Everybody's heart is open you know when they have recently escaped from severe pain or are recovering the blessing of health.
having nothing to struggleagainstthey have nothing to strugglefor.
Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened vision cleared ambition inspired and success achieved.
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
Calamities reveal your capabilities. Take note of this and when times get odd, prepare and shine.