Motivational Quotes

Adversity

The greatest difficulties lie where we are not looking for them.

- Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

Best Quotes about Adversity

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

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

Propertius, Sextus

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

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

Saadi

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

Russell, Rosalind

A certain amount of opposition is a great help to a man. Kites rise against, not with, the wind.

Neal, John

Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit.

Hill, Napoleon

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

Bennet, Arnold

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

Schmidt, Walt

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Most of the shadows of this life are caused by standing in one's own sunshine

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

Scott, Sir Walter

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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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Adversity is the first path to truth.

Byron, Lord

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What doesn't kill us makes us stronger.

Nietzsche, Friedrich

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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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Every burden is a blessing.

Schuller, Robert H.

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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 harder you fall, the higher you bounce.

Horton, Doug

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

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

Benson, Taylor

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In a dark time, the eye begins to see.

Roethke, Theodore

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

Barclay, H.K.

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Birds sing after a storm; why shouldn't people feel as free to delight in whatever remains to them?

Kennedy, Rose F.

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People need hard times and oppression to develop psychic muscles.

Dune, Frank Herbert

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If your cup seems too bitter, if your burden seems to heavy, be sure that it is the wounded hand that is holding the cup, and that it is me who carried the cross that is carrying the burden.

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The world breaks everyone and afterward many are stronger at the broken places.

Hemingway, Ernest

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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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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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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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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

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There is in every woman's heart a spark of heavenly fire which lies dormant in the broad daylight of prosperity, but which kindles up and beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity.

Irving, Washington

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Stumbling is not falling.

Proverb, Portuguese

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

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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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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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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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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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When you come to a roadblock, take a detour.

Ash, Mary Kay

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

Billings, Josh

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One often learns more from ten days of agony than from ten years of contentment.

Shain, Merle

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Dust is a protective coating for fine furniture.

Burata, Mario

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

Kapuscinski, Ryszard

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Always continue the climb. It is possible for you to do whatever you choose, if you first get to know who you are and are willing to work with a power that is greater than ourselves to do it.

Winfrey, Oprah

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

Gesser

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

Brown, Les

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