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Every man has a rainy corner of his life whence comes foul weather which follows him.
- Richter, Jean Paul
Adversity Motivational Quotes



Best Quotes about Adversity

1.
Affliction comes to us, not to make us sad but sober; not to make us sorry but wise.
Beecher, Henry Ward

2.
A certain amount of opposition is a great help to a man. Kites rise against, not with, the wind.
Neal, John

3.
In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.
Devito, Danny

4.
Those who aim at great deeds must also suffer greatly.
Plutarch

5.
The difference between stumbling blocks and stepping stones is how you use them

6.
You have endured worse things; God will grant an end even to these.
Virgil

7.
Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it.
Horace

8.
Cushion the painful effects of hard blows by keeping the enthusiasm going strong, even if doing so requires struggle.
Peale, Norman Vincent

9.
The proof of gold is fire...
Franklin, Benjamin

10.
The good things of prosperity are to be wished; but the good things that belong to adversity are to be admired.
Seneca

11.
Part of the happiness of life consists not in fighting battles, but in avoiding them. A masterly retreat is in itself a victory.
Peale, Norman Vincent

12.
What doesn't kill us makes us stronger.
Nietzsche, Friedrich

13.
If your knees are knocking, kneel on them.

14.
Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you.
Proverb, Maori

15.
Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit.
Hill, Napoleon

16.
Duct tape is like the force. It has a light side, a dark side, and it holds the universe together.
Zwanzig, Carl

17.
Tough times never last, but tough people do.
Schuller, Robert H.

18.
Everything I did in my life that was worthwhile I caught hell for it.
Warren, Earl

19.
If you want to win anything -- a race, your self, your life -- you have to go a little berserk.
Sheehan, George

20.
The actual tragedies of life bear no relation to one's preconceived ideas. In the event, one is always bewildered by their simplicity, their grandeur of design, and by that element of the bizarre which seems inherent in them.
Cocteau, Jean

21.
There is in every woman's heart a spark of heavenly fire which lies dormant in the broad daylight of prosperity, but which kindles up and beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity.
Irving, Washington

22.
Even if you fall on your face, you're still moving forward.
Gallagher, Robert C.

23.
I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning to sail my ship.
Alcott, Louisa May

24.
A wounded deer leaps the highest.
Dickinson, Emily

25.
We say, sorrow, disaster, calamity. God says,chastening and it sounds sweet to him though it is a discord to our ears. Don't faint when you are rebuked, and don't despise the chastening of the Lord. In your patience possess your souls.
Chambers, Oswald

26.
To endure is the first thing that a child ought to learn, and that which he will have the most need to know.
Rousseau, Jean Jacques

27.
In every adversity there lies the seed of an equivalent advantage. In every defeat is a lesson showing you how to win the victory next time.
Collier, Robert

28.
Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Let the day's own trouble be sufficient for the day.
Bible

29.
One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak.
Chesterton, Gilbert K.

30.
Trouble shared is trouble halved.
Sayers, Dorothy L.

31.
The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity.
Seneca

32.
The hardest struggle of all is to be something different from what the average man is.
Schwab, Charles M.

33.
I got in trouble with the police, and that was a rude awakening. That was it. I'd seen the bottom of the pit, and it was time to scrape myself out of it.
Adams, Bryan

34.
Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction. [Isaiah 48:10]
Bible

35.
The stars are constantly shining, but often we do not see them until the dark hours.

36.
Sometimes adversity is what you need to face in order to become successful.
Ziglar, Zig

37.
We all know that sponges grow in the ocean but I wander how much deeper the ocean would be if that wasn't the case.

38.
They that sow in tears shall reap joy. [Psalms 126:5]
Bible

39.
Frogs have it easy, they can eat what bugs them

40.
I have become my own version of an optimist. If I can't make it through one door, I'll go through another door -- or I'll make a door. Something terrific will come no matter how dark the present.
Tagore, Rabindranath

41.
Misfortunes leave wounds which bleed drop by drop even in sleep; thus little by little they train man by force and dispose him to wisdom in spite of himself. Man must learn to think of himself as a limited and dependent being; and only suffering teaches
Weil, Simone

42.
When things are bad, we take comfort in the thought that they could always get worse. And when they are, we find hope in the thought that things are so bad they have to get better.
Forbes, Malcolm S.

43.
God left the world unfinished for man to work his skill upon. He left the electricity still in the cloud, the oil still in the earth. How often we look upon God as our last and feeblest resource! We go to Him because we have nowhere else to go. And then we learn that the storms of life have driven us, not upon the rocks, but into the desired haven.
Macdonald, George

44.
It takes a real storm in the average person's life to make him realize how much worrying he has done over the squalls.
Advisor, Heartland

45.
I didn't know I'd have to be torn down before I could be built up.

46.
If we study the lives of great men and women carefully and unemotionally we find that, invariably, greatness was developed, tested and revealed through the darker periods of their lives. One of the largest tributaries of the RIVER OF GREATNESS is always the STREAM OF ADVERSITY.
Robert, Cavett

47.
Only entropy comes easy.
Mumford, Lewis

48.
No untroubled day has ever dawned for me.
Seneca

49.
I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death.
Paine, Thomas

50.
Show me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I'll show you someone who has overcome adversity.
Holtz, Lou


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