Motivational Quotes

Adversity

When a man gets to despair he knows that all his thinking will never get him out. He will only get out by the sheer creative effort of God. Consequently he is in the right attitude to receive from God that which he cannot gain for himself.

- Chambers, Oswald

Best Quotes about Adversity

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

Sting

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

Barclay, H.K.

The one who prosperity takes too much delight in will be the most shocked by reverses.

Horace

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

Chesterton, Gilbert K.

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

Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way. And don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines.

Paige, Leroy ''Satchel''

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

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

Tacitus, Publius Cornelius

Breakdowns can create breakthroughs. Things fall apart so things can fall together.

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Adversity is the first path to truth.

Byron, Lord

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

Scott, Sir Walter

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

Ziglar, Zig

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As iron put into the fire loseth its rust and becometh clearly red-hot, so he that wholly turneth himself unto God puts off all slothfulness, and is transformed into a new man.

Kempis, Thomas

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Men stumble over pebbles, never over mountains

Cady, Emilie

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What is to give light must endure the burning.

Frankl, Viktor E.

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The proof of gold is fire...

Franklin, Benjamin

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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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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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The willow which bends to the tempest, often escapes better than the oak which resists it; and so in great calamities, it sometimes happens that light and frivolous spirits recover their elasticity and presence of mind sooner than those of a loftier character.

Scott, Sir Walter

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One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak.

Chesterton, Gilbert K.

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We need tough days to drive us to our knees.

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The battle of life is, in most cases, fought uphill; and to win it without a struggle were perhaps to win it without honor. If there were no difficulties there would be no success; if there were nothing to struggle for, there would be nothing to be achieved.

Smiles, Samuel

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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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Enter through the narrow gate. The gate that leads to damnation is wide, the road is clear, and many choose to travel it. But how narrow is the gate that leads to life, how rough the road, and how few there are who find it. [Mathew 7:13-14]

Bible

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Dust is a protective coating for fine furniture.

Burata, Mario

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Adversity causes some men to break, others to break records.

Ward, William A.

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

Proverb, Maori

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Be still my heart; thou hast known worse than this.

Homer

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

Weltman, Phil

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Tough times never last, but tough people do.

Schuller, Robert H.

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

Gallagher, Robert C.

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

Sheehan, George

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What doesn't kill us makes us stronger.

Nietzsche, Friedrich

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Humanity either makes, or breeds, or tolerates all its afflictions.

Wells, H.G.

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

Aesop

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

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Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune.

James, William

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Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it.

Horace

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

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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 is the common denominator of living. It is the great equalizer.

Landers, Ann

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Chambers, Oswald

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Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.

Tagore, Rabindranath

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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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If you're on thin ice, you might as well dance.

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Am I willing to give up what I have in order to be what I am not yet? Am I able to follow the spirit of love into the desert? It is a frightening and sacred moment. There is no return. One's life is charged forever. It is the fire that gives us our shape.

Richards, Mary Caroline