Motivational Quotes

Adversity

Tough times never last, but tough people do.

- Schuller, Robert H.

Best Quotes about Adversity

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

Virgil

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

One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.

Schweitzer, Albert

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

Proverb, Chinese

Sometimes adversity is what you need to face in order to become successful.

Ziglar, Zig

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

Stumbling is not falling.

Proverb, Portuguese

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

The sooner I fall behind, the more time I have to catch up.

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The proof of gold is fire...

Franklin, Benjamin

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

Walton, Sam

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

Collins, Kitty O'neill

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Not everything which is bad comes to hurt us.

Proverb, Italian

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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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Nothing bad ever happens without equal or growth

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

Homer

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Adversities do not make a man frail. They show what sort of man he is.

Kempis, Thomas

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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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Things were bad but now they are OK.

Seymour, Harold J.

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

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When it gets dark enough you can see the stars.

Salk, Lee

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

Heraclitus

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

Tacitus, Publius Cornelius

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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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What is to give light must endure the burning.

Frankl, Viktor E.

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

James, William

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Affliction comes to us, not to make us sad but sober; not to make us sorry but wise.

Beecher, Henry Ward

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

Tacitus, Publius Cornelius

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In every adversity there lies the seed of an equivalent advantage. In every defeat is a lesson showing you how to win the victory next time.

Collier, Robert

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We say, sorrow, disaster, calamity. God says,chastening and it sounds sweet to him though it is a discord to our ears. Don't faint when you are rebuked, and don't despise the chastening of the Lord. In your patience possess your souls.

Chambers, Oswald

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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

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

Ward, William A.

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

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

Chesterton, Gilbert K.

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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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Prosperity tries the fortunate, adversity the great.

Pliny The Elder

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

Schwab, Charles M.

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

Proverb, Maori

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One often learns more from ten days of agony than from ten years of contentment.

Shain, Merle

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

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

Hemingway, Ernest