Motivational Quotes

Adversity

If the career you have chosen has some unexpected inconvenience, console yourself by reflecting that no career is without them.

- Johnson

Best Quotes about Adversity

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

It would not be better if things happened to men just as they wish.

Heraclitus

Do you think that you shall enter the Garden of Bliss without such trials as came to those who passed before you?

Qur'an

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

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

Kapuscinski, Ryszard

Many who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy; many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable.

Tacitus, Publius Cornelius

Everything I did in my life that was worthwhile I caught hell for it.

Warren, Earl

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

Hill, Napoleon

The hardest struggle of all is to be something different from what the average man is.

Schwab, Charles M.

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

Virgil

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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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If your knees are knocking, kneel on them.

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I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning to sail my ship.

Alcott, Louisa May

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We need tough days to drive us to our knees.

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A wounded deer leaps the highest.

Dickinson, Emily

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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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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.

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It's a matter of ABC: When we encounter ADVERSITY, we react by thinking about it. Our thoughts rapidly congeal into BELIEFS. These beliefs may become so habitual we don't even realize we have them unless we stop to focus on them. And they don't just sit there idly; they have CONSEQUENCES. The beliefs are the direct cause of what we feel and what we do next. They can spell the difference between dejection and giving up, on the one hand, and well-being and constructive action on the other. The first step is to see the connection between adversity, belief, and consequence. The second step is to see how the ABCs operate every day in your own life.

Seligman, Martin E. P.

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

Keats, John

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

Holtz, Lou

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In a dark time, the eye begins to see.

Roethke, Theodore

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

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Nothing splendid was ever created in cold blood. Heat is required to forge anything. Every great accomplishment is the story of a flaming heart.

Glasgow, Arnold H.

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

Russell, Rosalind

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

Beecher, Henry Ward

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

Scott, Sir Walter

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

Bible

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

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

Gibran, Kahlil

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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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Prosperity tries the fortunate, adversity the great.

Pliny The Elder

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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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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

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Tough times never last, but tough people do.

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

Benson, Taylor

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Men stumble over pebbles, never over mountains

Cady, Emilie

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

Collins, Kitty O'neill