Motivational Quotes

Adversity

Adversity is the state in which man mostly easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free of admirers then.

- Johnson, Samuel

Best Quotes about Adversity

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

Weltman, Phil

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

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

Gibran, Kahlil

It is not good for all our wishes to be filled; through sickness we recognize the value of health; through evil, the value of good; through hunger, the value of food; through exertion, the value of rest.

Saying, Greek

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

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

Horace

Adversity is the first path to truth.

Byron, Lord

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

When it gets dark enough you can see the stars.

Salk, Lee

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

Virgil

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

Landers, Ann

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

Russell, Rosalind

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Stumbling is not falling.

Proverb, Portuguese

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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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They sicken at the calm that know the storm.

Parker, Dorothy

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Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity is a greater. Possession pampers the mind; privation trains and strengthens it.

Hazlitt, William

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

Chesterton, Gilbert K.

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

James, William

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I bring to my life a certain amount of mess.

Coppola, Francis Ford

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There could be no honor in a sure success, but much might be wrested from a sure defeat.

Lawrence, Thomas E.

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

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

Schmidt, Walt

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Just because Fate doesn?t deal you the right cards, it doesn?t mean you should give up. It just means you have to play the cards you get to their maximum potential.

Brown, Les

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

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

Johnson

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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 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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Those who aim at great deeds must also suffer greatly.

Plutarch

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Failure is success if we learn from it.

Forbes, Malcolm S.

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Every silver lining has a cloud.

Avon

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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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Am I willing to give up what I have in order to be what I am not yet? Am I able to follow the spirit of love into the desert? It is a frightening and sacred moment. There is no return. One's life is charged forever. It is the fire that gives us our shape.

Richards, Mary Caroline

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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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Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional.

Casey, M Kathleen

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Not everything which is bad comes to hurt us.

Proverb, Italian

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Tough times never last, but tough people do.

Schuller, Robert H.

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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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A reasonable amount o fleas is good for a dog -- keeps him from brooding over being a dog, maybe.

Westcott, Edward Noyes

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

Devito, Danny

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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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The good things of prosperity are to be wished; but the good things that belong to adversity are to be admired.

Seneca

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The worst thing that happens to you may be the best thing for you if you don't let it get the best of you.

Rogers, Will

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Part of the happiness of life consists not in fighting battles, but in avoiding them. A masterly retreat is in itself a victory.

Peale, Norman Vincent

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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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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.