Motivational Quotes

Adversity

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

- Aesop

Best Quotes about Adversity

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.

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

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

Every man has a rainy corner of his life whence comes foul weather which follows him.

Richter, Jean Paul

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

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

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

Westcott, Edward Noyes

Everything I did in my life that was worthwhile I caught hell for it.

Warren, Earl

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I bring to my life a certain amount of mess.

Coppola, Francis Ford

11.

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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I had to pick myself up and get on with it, do it all over again, only even better this time.

Walton, Sam

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What I am looking for is a blessing not in disguise.

Collins, Kitty O'neill

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We see many who are struggling against adversity who are happy, and more although abounding in wealth, who are wretched.

Tacitus, Publius Cornelius

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Life is truly known only to those who suffer, lose, endure adversity and stumble from defeat to defeat.

Kapuscinski, Ryszard

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

17.

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

Alcott, Louisa May

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

Proverb, Chinese

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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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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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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

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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 depth of darkness to which you can descend and still live is an exact measure of the height to which you can aspire to reach.

Post, Laurens Van du

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

Brown, Les

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Over every mountain there is a path, although it may not be seen from the valley.

Rogers, James

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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

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Every silver lining has a cloud.

Avon

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A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity until he has tasted adversity.

Saadi

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Adversity is, to me at least, a tonic and a bracer.

Scott, Sir Walter

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Trouble shared is trouble halved.

Sayers, Dorothy L.

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It is odd but agitation or contest of any kind gives a rebound to my spirits and sets me up for a time.

Byron, Lord

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

Horace

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Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; adversity not without many comforts and hopes.

Bacon, Francis

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They sicken at the calm that know the storm.

Parker, Dorothy

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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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I have often been downcast, but never in despair; I regard our hiding as a dangerous adventure, romantic and interesting at the same time. In my diary I treat all the privations as amusing. I have made up my mind now to lead a different life from other girls and, later on, different from ordinary housewives. My start has been so very full of interest, and that is the sole reason why I have to laugh at the humorous side of the most dangerous moments.

Frank, Anne

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He that can heroically endure adversity will bear prosperity with equal greatest of the soul; for the mind that cannot be dejected by the former is not likely to be transported without the latter.

Fielding, Henry

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

Gesser

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

Grant, Hanmer Parsons

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Difficulty, my brethren, is the nurse of greatness --a harsh nurse, who roughly rocks her foster-children into strength and athletic proportion.

Bryant, William C.

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No untroubled day has ever dawned for me.

Seneca

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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.

Rousseau, Jean Jacques

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Sometimes your medicine bottle has on it, Shake well before using. That is what God has to do with some of His people. He has to shake them well before they are ever usable.

Havner, Vance

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Even if you fall on your face, you're still moving forward.

Gallagher, Robert C.

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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

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

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Those who aim at great deeds must also suffer greatly.

Plutarch

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Failure is success if we learn from it.

Forbes, Malcolm S.

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Trials, temptations, disappointments -- all these are helps instead of hindrances, if one uses them rightly. They not only test the fiber of character but strengthen it. 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.

Buckham, James