Motivational Quotes

Adversity

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

Best Quotes about Adversity

Had there been no difficulties and no thorns in the way, then man would have been in his primitive state and no progress made in civilization and mental culture.

Joshee, Anandabai

Those who aim at great deeds must also suffer greatly.

Plutarch

Frogs have it easy, they can eat what bugs them

Brave men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.

Seneca

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

Stumbling is not falling.

Proverb, Portuguese

Show me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I'll show you someone who has overcome adversity.

Holtz, Lou

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

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

Wells, H.G.

11.

In every adversity there lies the seed of an equivalent advantage. In every defeat is a lesson showing you how to win the victory next time.

Collier, Robert

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The sooner I fall behind, the more time I have to catch up.

13.

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

Seneca

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

Proverb, Maori

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

Ziglar, Zig

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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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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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Never bear more than one kind of trouble at a time. Some people bear three kinds; all they have had, all they have now, and all they expect to have.

Hale, Edward Everett

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Tough times never last, but tough people do.

Schuller, Robert H.

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

Jung, Carl

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Not everything which is bad comes to hurt us.

Proverb, Italian

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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

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

Weltman, Phil

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

Horace

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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 bring to my life a certain amount of mess.

Coppola, Francis Ford

31.

You'll never find a better sparring partner than adversity.

Schmidt, Walt

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

33.

He who knows the darkness shall learn to live in the light.

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

Benson, Taylor

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No one would ever have crossed the ocean if he could have gotten off the ship in a storm.

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

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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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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

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All life demands struggle. Those who have everything given to them become lazy, selfish, and insensitive to the real values of life. The very striving and hard work that we so constantly try to avoid is the major building block in the person we are today.

Ransom, Ralph

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

Proverb, Chinese

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

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Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional.

Casey, M Kathleen

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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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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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To accuse others for one's own misfortunes is a sign of want of education. To accuse oneself shows that one's education has begun. To accuse neither oneself nor others shows that one's education is complete.

Epictetus

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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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I used to hurt so badly that I'd ask God why, what have I done to deserve any of this? I feel now He was preparing me for this, for the future. That's the way I see it.

Jackson, Janet