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

In a dark time, the eye begins to see.

Roethke, Theodore

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

If the going is real easy, beware, you may be headed down hill and don't know it.

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

We see many who are struggling against adversity who are happy, and more although abounding in wealth, who are wretched.

Tacitus, Publius Cornelius

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

Ward, William A.

I had to pick myself up and get on with it, do it all over again, only even better this time.

Walton, Sam

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

Lawrence, Thomas E.

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

Hill, Napoleon

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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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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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The one who prosperity takes too much delight in will be the most shocked by reverses.

Horace

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

Schmidt, Walt

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

Warren, Earl

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There will be no crown bearers in heaven who are not cross bearers on earth.

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Duct tape is like the force. It has a light side, a dark side, and it holds the universe together.

Zwanzig, Carl

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Every man has a rainy corner of his life whence comes foul weather which follows him.

Richter, Jean Paul

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Things were bad but now they are OK.

Seymour, Harold J.

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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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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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Frogs have it easy, they can eat what bugs them

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

Heraclitus

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Every silver lining has a cloud.

Avon

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

Benson, Taylor

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Adversity is a fact of life. It can't be controlled. What we can control is how we react to it.

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No untroubled day has ever dawned for me.

Seneca

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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

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

Devito, Danny

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It is odd but agitation or contest of any kind gives a rebound to my spirits and sets me up for a time.

Byron, Lord

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

Proverb, Chinese

33.

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

Bible

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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

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

Hemingway, Ernest

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Trouble shared is trouble halved.

Sayers, Dorothy L.

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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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Misfortunes leave wounds which bleed drop by drop even in sleep; thus little by little they train man by force and dispose him to wisdom in spite of himself. Man must learn to think of himself as a limited and dependent being; and only suffering teaches

Weil, Simone

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Prosperity tries the fortunate, adversity the great.

Pliny The Elder

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Brave men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.

Seneca

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

Brown, Les

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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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Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.

Tagore, Rabindranath

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Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional.

Casey, M Kathleen

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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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They sicken at the calm that know the storm.

Parker, Dorothy

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It is in the gift for employing all the vicissitudes of life to one's own advantage and to that of one's craft that a large part of genius consists.

Lichtenberg, Georg C.

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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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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.