Motivational Quotes

Adversity

In terms of the game theory, we might say the universe is so constituted as to maximize play. The best games are not those in which all goes smoothly and steadily toward a certain conclusion, but those in which the outcome is always in doubt. Similarly, the geometry of life is designed to keep us at the point of maximum tension between certainty and uncertainty, order and chaos. Every important call is a close one. We survive and evolve by the skin of our teeth. We really wouldn't want it any other way.

- Leonard, George

Best Quotes about Adversity

A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.

Proverb, Chinese

It's easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much better at the top.

Bennet, Arnold

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

The worst thing that happens to you may be the best thing for you if you don't let it get the best of you.

Rogers, Will

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

Neal, John

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

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

We must free ourselves of the hope that the sea will ever rest. We must learn to sail in high winds.

Grant, Hanmer Parsons

Stumbling is not falling.

Proverb, Portuguese

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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

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

Westcott, Edward Noyes

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The greatest difficulties lie where we are not looking for them.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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Every silver lining has a cloud.

Avon

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If your cup seems too bitter, if your burden seems to heavy, be sure that it is the wounded hand that is holding the cup, and that it is me who carried the cross that is carrying the burden.

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I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning to sail my ship.

Alcott, Louisa May

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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)

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What is to give light must endure the burning.

Frankl, Viktor E.

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If your knees are knocking, kneel on them.

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People are like stained -- glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within

Ross, Elizabeth Kubler

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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.

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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

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That which causes us trials shall yield us triumph: and that which make our hearts ache shall fill us with gladness. The only true happiness is to learn, to advance, and to improve: which could not happen unless we had commence with error, ignorance, and imperfection. We must pass through the darkness, to reach the light.

Pike, Albert

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It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.

Benson, Taylor

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When walking through the valley of shadows, remember, a shadow is cast by a Light.

Barclay, H.K.

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It would not be better if things happened to men just as they wish.

Heraclitus

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

Seneca

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

Aesop

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Tough times never last, but tough people do.

Schuller, Robert H.

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Adversity draws men together and produces beauty and harmony in life's relationships, just as the cold of winter produces ice-flowers on the window-panes, which vanish with the warmth.

Kierkegaard, S°ren

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Adversity has the same effect on a man that severe training has on the pugilist -- it reduces him to his fighting weight.

Billings, Josh

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

Horace

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

Lawrence, Thomas E.

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The hardest struggle of all is to be something different from what the average man is.

Schwab, Charles M.

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When I dig another out of trouble, the hole from which I lift him is the place where I bury my own.

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The path of least resistance is the path of the loser.

Weltman, Phil

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In times of storm, the shallowness of the root structure is revealed.

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Do not free the camel of the burden of his hump; you may be freeing him from being a camel.

Chesterton, Gilbert K.

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

39.

Leonard, George

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Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you.

Proverb, Maori

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Prosperity tries the fortunate, adversity the great.

Pliny The Elder

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Many who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy; many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable.

Tacitus, Publius Cornelius

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Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, This is a misfortune but To bear this worthily is good fortune.

Aurelius, Marcus

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Trouble shared is trouble halved.

Sayers, Dorothy L.

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

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March on. Do not tarry. To go forward is to move toward perfection. March on, and fear not the thorns, or the sharp stones on life's path.

Gibran, Kahlil

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

Hill, Napoleon

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

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Birds sing after a storm; why shouldn't people feel as free to delight in whatever remains to them?

Kennedy, Rose F.

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Search for the seed of good in every adversity. Master that principle and you will own a precious shield that will guard you well through all the darkest valleys you must traverse. Stars may be seen from the bottom of a deep well, when they cannot be discerned from the mountaintop. So will you learn things in adversity that you would never have discovered without trouble. There is always a seed of good. Find it and prosper.

Mandino, Og