Adversity Quotes
Adversity is a great teacher, but this teacher makes us pay dearly for its instruction; and often the profit we derive, is not worth the price we paid.
The summit is believed to be the object of the climb. But its true object--the joy of living--is not in the peak itself, but in the adversities encountered on the way up.
If you have your mind in the right direction, and your heart is full of the right kind of stuff, you'll succeed and you'll triumph over adversity, over really anything.
Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this.
I am thankful for the adversities, which have crossed my pathway, for they taught me tolerance, sympathy, self-control, perseverance and some other virtues I might never have known.
Without the assistance of that Divine Being...I cannot succeed. With that assistance I cannot fail.
We all have to go through the tumbler a few times before we can emerge as a crystal.
God would not rub so hard if it were not to fetch out the dirt that is ingrained in our natures. God loves purity so well He had rather see a hole than a spot in His child's garments.
In omni adversitate fortunæ, infelicissimum genus est infortunii fuisse felicem In every adversity of fortune, to have been happy is the most unhappy kind of misfortune.
Adversity is something that makes reaching your goals so much more rewarding than if it didn't exist.
Face adversity head on in your training and you will conquer it smoothly in your fight.
Adversity is a good test of our resiliency, our ability to cope, to stand back up, to recover from misfortune. Adversity is a painful pedagogue.
The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity.
Disasters work like alarm clocks to the world, hence God allows them. They are shouting, 'Wake up! Love! Pray!
One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.
Adversities such as being homeless and going to prison has made many people stronger.
It is always in the midst, in the epicenter, of your troubles that you find serenity.
With every adversity comes a blessing because a shock acts as a reminder to oneself that we must not get stale in routine.
Nothing is harder to direct than a man in prosperity; nothing more easily managed that one is adversity.
No matter what your circumstances are, whether you are in prosperity or in adversity, you can learn from every person, transaction, and circumstance around you.
Every conquering temptation represents a new fund of moral energy. Every trial endured and weathered in the right spirit makes a soul nobler and stronger than it was before.
The best antidote to stress is resilience... having the ability to respond to change or adversity proactively and resourcefully.
When you face adversity, you need to remind yourself that whatever is trying to defeat you could very well be what God will use to promote you.
When you cast away all your greed and fixation in adversity, you can find unexpected strength.
The only incurable troubles of the rich are the troubles that money can't cure, Which is a kind of trouble that is even more troublesome if you are poor.
How different our lives are when we really know what is deeply important to us, and keeping that picture in mind, we manage ourselves each day to be and to do what really matters most.
Any true champion can bounce back. That's what being a champion is: being able to deal with adversity and being able to bounce back.
Even the severed branch grows again, and the sunken moon returns: wise men who ponder this are not troubled in adversity.
For a Christian to defy adversities is to "despise" chastisement. Instead of hardening himself to endure stoically, there should be a melting of the heart.
Many successful people have found opportunities in failure and adversity that they could not recognize in more favorable circumstances.
Experience teaches that the time to buy stocks is when their price is unduly depressed by temporary adversity. In other words, they should be bought on a bargain basis or not at all.
