Motivational Quotes

Adversity

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

- James, William

Best Quotes about Adversity

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

Devito, Danny

Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional.

Casey, M Kathleen

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

The proof of gold is fire...

Franklin, Benjamin

Two frogs fell into a bowl of cream. One didn't panic, he relaxed and drowned. The other kicked and struggled so much that the cream turned to butter and he walked out.

We are always on the anvil; by trials God is shaping us for higher things.

Beecher, Henry Ward

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

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

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

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

Holtz, Lou

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One may not reach the dawn save by the path of the night.

Gibran, Kahlil

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

Gesser

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

Collins, Kitty O'neill

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When things are bad, we take comfort in the thought that they could always get worse. And when they are, we find hope in the thought that things are so bad they have to get better.

Forbes, Malcolm S.

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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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Suffering! We owe to it all that is good in us, all that gives value to life; we owe to it pity, we owe to it courage, we owe to it all the virtues.

France, Anatole

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We need tough days to drive us to our knees.

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Those who aim at great deeds must also suffer greatly.

Plutarch

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

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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 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

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You have endured worse things; God will grant an end even to these.

Virgil

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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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Trouble shared is trouble halved.

Sayers, Dorothy L.

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In terms of the game theory, we might say the universe is so constituted as to maximize play. The best games are not those in which all goes smoothly and steadily toward a certain conclusion, but those in which the outcome is always in doubt. Similarly, the geometry of life is designed to keep us at the point of maximum tension between certainty and uncertainty, order and chaos. Every important call is a close one. We survive and evolve by the skin of our teeth. We really wouldn't want it any other way.

Leonard, George

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You may live in an imperfect world but the frontiers are not closed and the doors are not all shut.

Maltz, Maxwell

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Things were bad but now they are OK.

Seymour, Harold J.

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Tough times never last, but tough people do.

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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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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Nothing bad ever happens without equal or growth

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

Chesterton, Gilbert K.

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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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Every burden is a blessing.

Schuller, Robert H.

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

Ward, William A.

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

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

Horace

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

Bible

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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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No untroubled day has ever dawned for me.

Seneca

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We all know that sponges grow in the ocean but I wander how much deeper the ocean would be if that wasn't the case.

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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

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I bring to my life a certain amount of mess.

Coppola, Francis Ford

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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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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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They sicken at the calm that know the storm.

Parker, Dorothy

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Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it.

Horace