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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
Adversity Motivational Quotes



Best Quotes about Adversity

1.
I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning to sail my ship.
Alcott, Louisa May

2.
Birds sing after a storm; why shouldn't people feel as free to delight in whatever remains to them?
Kennedy, Rose F.

3.
When you come to a roadblock, take a detour.
Ash, Mary Kay

4.
Constant success shows us but one side of the world; adversity brings out the reverse of the picture.
Colton, Charles Caleb

5.
When it gets dark enough you can see the stars.
Salk, Lee

6.
Affliction comes to us, not to make us sad but sober; not to make us sorry but wise.
Beecher, Henry Ward

7.
In a dark time, the eye begins to see.
Roethke, Theodore

8.
Tribulation will not hurt you, unless as it too often does; it hardens you and makes you sour, narrow and skeptical.
Chapin, Edwin Hubbel

9.
Men often bear little grievances with less courage than they do large misfortunes.
Aesop

10.
Trouble is the common denominator of living. It is the great equalizer.
Landers, Ann

11.
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

12.
You never know what events are going to transpire to get you home.
Movie, Apollo 13

13.
Forget the times of your distress, but never forget what they taught you.
Gesser

14.
Anytime you suffer a setback or disappointment, put your head down and plow ahead.
Brown, Les

15.
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

16.
Prosperity tries the fortunate, adversity the great.
Pliny The Elder

17.
Things don't go wrong and break your heart so you can become bitter and give up. They happen to break you down and build you up so you can be all that you were intended to be.
Jones, Charles ''Tremendous''

18.
It is in the gift for employing all the vicissitudes of life to one's own advantage and to that of one's craft that a large part of genius consists.
Lichtenberg, Georg C.

19.
One may not reach the dawn save by the path of the night.
Gibran, Kahlil

20.
Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune.
James, William

21.
Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it.
Horace

22.
All life demands struggle. Those who have everything given to them become lazy, selfish, and insensitive to the real values of life. The very striving and hard work that we so constantly try to avoid is the major building block in the person we are today.
Ransom, Ralph

23.
Every man has a rainy corner of his life whence comes foul weather which follows him.
Richter, Jean Paul

24.
A heart well prepared for adversity in bad times hopes, and in good times fears for a change in fortune.
Horace

25.
A reasonable amount o fleas is good for a dog -- keeps him from brooding over being a dog, maybe.
Westcott, Edward Noyes

26.
If the going is real easy, beware, you may be headed down hill and don't know it.

27.
There could be no honor in a sure success, but much might be wrested from a sure defeat.
Lawrence, Thomas E.

28.
The proof of gold is fire...
Franklin, Benjamin

29.
As a rule, adversity reveals genius and prosperity hides it.
Horace

30.
I didn't know I'd have to be torn down before I could be built up.

31.
If you aren't in over your head, how do you know how tall you are?

32.
Adversity is the state in which man mostly easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free of admirers then.
Johnson, Samuel

33.
If you can keep your head about you when all about you are losing theirs, its just possible you haven't grasped the situation.
Kerr, Jean

34.
Two frogs fell into a bowl of cream. One didn't panic, he relaxed and drowned. The other kicked and struggled so much that the cream turned to butter and he walked out.

35.
Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that the setbacks and grieves which we endure help us in our marching onward.
Ford, Henry

36.
Everything I did in my life that was worthwhile I caught hell for it.
Warren, Earl

37.
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

38.
Sometimes adversity is what you need to face in order to become successful.
Ziglar, Zig

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

40.
Always continue the climb. It is possible for you to do whatever you choose, if you first get to know who you are and are willing to work with a power that is greater than ourselves to do it.
Winfrey, Oprah

41.
Adversity causes some men to break, others to break records.
Ward, William A.

42.
We need tough days to drive us to our knees.

43.
I would never have amounted to anything were it not for adversity. I was forced to come up the hard way.
Penney, J. C. (James Cash)

44.
Adversity is a fact of life. It can't be controlled. What we can control is how we react to it.

45.
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

46.
In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.
Devito, Danny

47.
There is no better than adversity. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance the next time.
Mandino, Og

48.
The world breaks everyone and afterward many are stronger at the broken places.
Hemingway, Ernest

49.
I bring to my life a certain amount of mess.
Coppola, Francis Ford

50.
Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit.
Hill, Napoleon


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