Adversity Quotes

They sicken of calm who know the storm.

Without the burden of afflictions it is impossible to reach the height of grace. The gift of grace increases as the struggles increase.

When the going gets tough the tough get going.

Remember that the Devil doesn't sleep but seeks our ruin in a thousand different ways

Down you mongrel Death! Back into your kennel!

As a rose blossoms despite being surrounded by thorns, bloom despite being surrounded by troubles.

The block of granite which was an obstacle in the path of the weak becomes a steppingstone in the path of the strong.

Strong people are made by opposition like kites that go up against the wind.

Men strive for peace but it is their enemies that give them strength and I think if man no longer had enemies he would have to invent them for his strength only grows from struggle.

Trials are part of the adventure to greatness.

Your next victory is behind your next test.

Great tests precede great blessings.

The greater the pressure, the greater the treasure.

The further you are in the wilderness, the closer the Promised Land is.

Adversity is the door to opportunity.

Your greatest wildernesses lead you to your greatest Promised Lands.

It is often better to have a great deal of harm happen to one than a little a great deal may rouse you to remove what a little will only accustom you to endure.

Adversity is opportunity inside out.

Present trials strengthen you for future blessings.

As water drowns but also cleanses, so adversity scalds but also blesses.

Your breaking point is often your blessing point.

Adversity is the evil twin of reward.

Only because of darkness are we able to clearly see the stars.

Impossible is what you say to yourself when you have given up.

It is at night, not in the day, that stars shine the brightest.

When things come to the worse they generally mend.

Pain frees you from complacency.Tears free you from sorrow.Weaknesses free you from pride.Adversity frees from boredom.Challenges free you from monotony.

Broken pencils still write beautiful songs.

Your mind is greater than your problems, your heart is greater than your troubles, your soul is greater than your temptations, and your God is greater than your obstacles.

Flowers have to stretch to bloom.

Flowers still have to stretch to bloom.

A diamond is a chunk of coal that made good under pressure.

I have always grown from my problems and challenges from the things that don't work out. That's when I've really learned.

If you have been sunned through and through like an apricot on a wall from your earliest days you are oversensitive to any withdrawal of heat.

My luck was my father not striking oil... we'd have been rich. I'd never have set out for Hollywood with my camera and I'd have had a lot less interesting life.

It is not in the still calm of life or the repose of a pacific station that great characters are formed. ... Great necessities call out great virtues.

Pain is the root of knowledge.

If you have to be careful because of oppression and censorship this pressure produces diamonds.

Life can be real tough ... you can either learn from your problems or keep repeating them over and over.

Troubles cured you salty as a country ham smoky to the taste thick-skinned and tender inside.

Unless a man has been kicked around a little you can't really depend upon him to amount to anything.

It is the north wind that lashes men into Vikings it is the soft luscious south wind which lulls them to lotus dreams.

If we had no winter the spring would not be so pleasant if we did not sometimes taste of adversity prosperity would not be so welcome.

The good things that belong to prosperity are to be wished but the good things that belong to adversity are to be admired.

A clay pot sitting in the sun will always be a clay pot. It has to go through the white heat of the furnace to become porcelain.

In victory even the cowardly like to boast while in adverse times even the brave are discredited.

I think my biggest achievement is that after going through a rather difficult time I consider myself comparatively sane. I'm proud of that.

Fire is the test of gold adversity of strong men.

It is often hard to distinguish between the hard knocks in life and those of opportunity.

In the day of prosperity be joyful but in the day of adversity consider.