Motivational Quotes

Adversity

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

Best Quotes about Adversity

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

We need tough days to drive us to our knees.

Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it.

Horace

Mishaps are like knives, that either serve us or cut us, as we grasp them by the blade or by the handle.

Lowell, James Russell

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

Zwanzig, Carl

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

Bennet, Arnold

Only entropy comes easy.

Mumford, Lewis

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

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

Seneca

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Tough times never last, but tough people do.

Schuller, Robert H.

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Life has meaning only in the struggle. Triumph or defeat is in the hands of the Gods. So let us celebrate the struggle!

Swahili Warrior Song

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

Devito, Danny

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The harder you fall, the higher you bounce.

Horton, Doug

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

Bible

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Constant success shows us but one side of the world; adversity brings out the reverse of the picture.

Colton, Charles Caleb

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Every hardship; every joy; every temptation is a challenge of the spirit; that the human soul may prove itself. The great chain of necessity wherewith we are bound has divine significance; and nothing happens which has not some service in working out the sublime destiny of the human soul.

Ford, Elias A.

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When something an affliction happens to you, you either let it defeat you, or you defeat it.

Russell, Rosalind

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Adversity is the first path to truth.

Byron, Lord

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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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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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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

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Frogs have it easy, they can eat what bugs them

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It is easy enough to be pleasant, When life flows by like a song. But the man worth while is the one who can smile, when everything goes dead wrong. For the test of the heart is troubled, And it always comes with the years. And the smiles that is worth the praises of earth is the smile that shines through tears.

Wilcox, Ella Wheeler

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

Collins, Kitty O'neill

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

Heraclitus

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You never know what events are going to transpire to get you home.

Movie, Apollo 13

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The finest steel has to go through the hottest fire.

Nixon, Richard M.

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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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Sometimes adversity is what you need to face in order to become successful.

Ziglar, Zig

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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

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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.

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

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

Horace

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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

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There are times in everyone's life when something constructive is born out of adversity... when things seem so bad that you've got to grab your fate by the shoulders and shake it.

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

40.

Many miles away there's a shadow on the door of a cottage on the Shore of a dark Scottish lake.

Sting

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You don't develop courage by being happy in your relationships everyday. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity.

Angelis, Barbara De

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

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Adversities do not make a man frail. They show what sort of man he is.

Kempis, Thomas

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He who knows no hardships will know no hardihood. He who faces no calamity will need no courage. Mysterious though it is, the characteristics in human nature which we love best grow in a soil with a strong mixture of troubles.

Fosdick, Harry Emerson

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When you come to a roadblock, take a detour.

Ash, Mary Kay

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

Brown, Les

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

Peale, Norman Vincent

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

Billings, Josh