Motivational Quotes

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

Best Quotes about Adversity

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.

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.

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

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

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

Jung, Carl

Some people bear three kinds of trouble -- the ones they've had, the ones they have, and the ones they expect to have.

Hale, Edward Everett

Many miles away there's a shadow on the door of a cottage on the Shore of a dark Scottish lake.

Sting

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

Keats, John

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

Proverb, Maori

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

Propertius, Sextus

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

Heraclitus

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The battle of life is, in most cases, fought uphill; and to win it without a struggle were perhaps to win it without honor. If there were no difficulties there would be no success; if there were nothing to struggle for, there would be nothing to be achieved.

Smiles, Samuel

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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

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

Barclay, H.K.

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Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it.

Horace

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

Weltman, Phil

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

Ward, William A.

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

Proverb, Chinese

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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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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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Be still my heart; thou hast known worse than this.

Homer

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

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Every burden is a blessing.

Schuller, Robert H.

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

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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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God left the world unfinished for man to work his skill upon. He left the electricity still in the cloud, the oil still in the earth. How often we look upon God as our last and feeblest resource! We go to Him because we have nowhere else to go. And then we learn that the storms of life have driven us, not upon the rocks, but into the desired haven.

Macdonald, George

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

Landers, Ann

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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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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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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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He who knows no hardships will know no hardihood. He who faces no calamity will need no courage. Mysterious though it is, the characteristics in human nature which we love best grow in a soil with a strong mixture of troubles.

Fosdick, Harry Emerson

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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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Failure is success if we learn from it.

Forbes, Malcolm S.

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God had one son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering.

Augustine, St.

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

Gibran, Kahlil

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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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Painful as it may be, a significant emotional event can be the catalyst for choosing a direction that serves us--and those around us -- more effectively. Look for the learning.

Allenbaugh, Eric

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I got in trouble with the police, and that was a rude awakening. That was it. I'd seen the bottom of the pit, and it was time to scrape myself out of it.

Adams, Bryan

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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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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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Men often bear little grievances with less courage than they do large misfortunes.

Aesop

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

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

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

Hill, Napoleon

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