Motivational Quotes

Adversity

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

- Tacitus, Publius Cornelius

Best Quotes about Adversity

No one would ever have crossed the ocean if he could have gotten off the ship in a storm.

What doesn't kill us makes us stronger.

Nietzsche, Friedrich

Suffering! We owe to it all that is good in us, all that gives value to life; we owe to it pity, we owe to it courage, we owe to it all the virtues.

France, Anatole

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

Westcott, Edward Noyes

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

Scott, Sir Walter

In my room as a kid... I'd play a fighter and get knocked to the floor and come back to win.

Hoffman, Dustin

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

Schmidt, Walt

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

Ward, William A.

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

Gibran, Kahlil

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

Johnson, Samuel

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If you're on thin ice, you might as well dance.

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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.

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

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Frogs have it easy, they can eat what bugs them

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

Warren, Earl

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

Bible

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

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Tribulation will not hurt you, unless as it too often does; it hardens you and makes you sour, narrow and skeptical.

Chapin, Edwin Hubbel

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

Richter, Jean Paul

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

Horace

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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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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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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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Sometimes your medicine bottle has on it, Shake well before using. That is what God has to do with some of His people. He has to shake them well before they are ever usable.

Havner, Vance

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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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If your knees are knocking, kneel on them.

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A heart well prepared for adversity in bad times hopes, and in good times fears for a change in fortune.

Horace

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

Devito, Danny

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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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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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You never know what events are going to transpire to get you home.

Movie, Apollo 13

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If you can keep your head about you when all about you are losing theirs, its just possible you haven't grasped the situation.

Kerr, Jean

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The proof of gold is fire...