Adversity Quotes

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

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.

One who was adored by all in prosperity is abhorred by all in adversity.

The human race has had long experience and a fine tradition in surviving adversity. But we now face a task for which we have little experience the task of surviving prosperity.

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

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

Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man but for one man who can stand prosperity there are a hundred that will stand adversity.

Hope begins in the dark the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing the dawn will come. You wait and watch and work: you don't give up.

Truth like the burgeoning of a bulb under the soil however deeply sown will make its way to the light.

I have brightness in my soul which strains toward Heaven. I am like a bird!

When it is dark enough you can see the stars.

All sorts of spiritual gifts come through privations if they are accepted.

Often God has to shut a door in our face so that He can subsequently open the door through which He wants us to go.

He who serves God with what costs him nothing will do very little service you may depend on it.

There are three modes of bearing the ills of life: by indifference by philosophy and by religion.

The same reason makes a man a religious enthusiast that makes a man an enthusiast in any other way: an uncomfortable mind in an uncomfortable body.

Constant success shows us but one side of the world adversity brings out the reverse of the picture.

Sometimes, situation may be uncomfortable but must endure.

Recognize and beware of the snare.

It is at midnight, not midday, that stars shine the brightest.

Adversity are the lemons nobody wanted, but without them we would still be in a cave pounding rocks

Today's tears water tomorrow's gardens.

You cannot stop the ocean's current, but you can swim.

As water downs ships but upholds leaves, and as fires burn cities but refines gold, so do life's troubles propel the meek to greatnessand the proud to ruin.

When bad things happen to you, become wiser, not bitter.

The desert is harsh, but persevering flowers flourish.

The loveliest flowers sometimes grow in the ugliest places.

Your back may be pushed against the wall, but your brain is not.

Caged birds still sing beautiful symphonies.

Seeds pour out oil when pressed.Grapes pour out wine when squeezed.Herbs pour out medicine when pounded.Flowers pour out perfume when crushed.The gifted pour out excellence when tested.

He who runs from a challenge runs from an opportunity.

The most beautiful rainbows are sometimes formed in the ugliest storms.

When darkness comes, stars shine.When storms come, plants flourish.When adversity comes, champions triumph.

A flower does not lose its beauty because it grew on concrete.

Flowers still have to stretch to bloom.

Flowers have to stretch to bloom.

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.

Broken pencils still write beautiful songs.

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

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

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

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

Adversity is the evil twin of reward.

Your breaking point is often your blessing point.

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

Present trials strengthen you for future blessings.

Adversity is opportunity inside out.

Your greatest wildernesses lead you to your greatest Promised Lands.

Adversity is the door to opportunity.