Motivational Quotes

Adversity

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

- Chesterton, Gilbert K.

Best Quotes about Adversity

We deem those happy who from the experience of life have learnt to bear its ills without being overcome by them.

Jung, Carl

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

Kapuscinski, Ryszard

Do you not see how necessary a world of pains and troubles is to school an intelligence and make it a soul?

Keats, John

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

Kempis, Thomas

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

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

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

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

Russell, Rosalind

The harder you fall, the higher you bounce.

Horton, Doug

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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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One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.

Schweitzer, Albert

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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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No untroubled day has ever dawned for me.

Seneca

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The seaman tells stories of winds, the ploughman of bulls; the soldier details his wounds, the shepherd his sheep.

Propertius, Sextus

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People need hard times and oppression to develop psychic muscles.

Dune, Frank Herbert

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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

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

Ziglar, Zig

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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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Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction. [Isaiah 48:10]

Bible

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

Landers, Ann

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Affliction comes to us, not to make us sad but sober; not to make us sorry but wise.

Beecher, Henry Ward

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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''

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Some people bear three kinds of trouble -- the ones they've had, the ones they have, and the ones they expect to have.

Hale, Edward Everett

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Stumbling is not falling.

Proverb, Portuguese

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Those who aim at great deeds must also suffer greatly.

Plutarch

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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

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

Richter, Jean Paul

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Failure is success if we learn from it.

Forbes, Malcolm S.

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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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When it gets dark enough you can see the stars.

Salk, Lee

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

Homer

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The proof of gold is fire...

Franklin, Benjamin

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

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

Seneca

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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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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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Nothing bad ever happens without equal or growth

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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

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

Horace

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

Gallagher, Robert C.

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Only entropy comes easy.

Mumford, Lewis

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Every burden is a blessing.

Schuller, Robert H.

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

Bennet, Arnold

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

Wells, H.G.

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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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Every blade of grass has its angel that bends over it and whispers, grow, grow.

Talmud, The