Motivational Quotes

Adversity

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

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Best Quotes about Adversity

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

Richter, Jean Paul

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

Chesterton, Gilbert K.

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

Schweitzer, Albert

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

Johnson, Samuel

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

Schmidt, Walt

Out of love and hatred, out of earnings and borrowings and leadings and losses; out of sickness and pain; out of wooing and worshipping; out of traveling and voting and watching and caring; out of disgrace and contempt, comes our tuition in the serene and beautiful laws.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

Hill, Napoleon

Dust is a protective coating for fine furniture.

Burata, Mario

If your knees are knocking, kneel on them.

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Only entropy comes easy.

Mumford, Lewis

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Every burden is a blessing.

Schuller, Robert H.

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Adversity is the first path to truth.

Byron, Lord

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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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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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Stumbling is not falling.

Proverb, Portuguese

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

Gibran, Kahlil

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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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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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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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The reward of suffering is experience.

Aeschylus

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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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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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When you come to a roadblock, take a detour.

Ash, Mary Kay

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

Proverb, Chinese

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The actual tragedies of life bear no relation to one's preconceived ideas. In the event, one is always bewildered by their simplicity, their grandeur of design, and by that element of the bizarre which seems inherent in them.

Cocteau, Jean

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Tough times never last, but tough people do.

Schuller, Robert H.

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People need hard times and oppression to develop psychic muscles.

Dune, Frank Herbert

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We are always on the anvil; by trials God is shaping us for higher things.

Beecher, Henry Ward

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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

32.

I didn't know I'd have to be torn down before I could be built up.

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The proof of gold is fire...

Franklin, Benjamin

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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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In terms of the game theory, we might say the universe is so constituted as to maximize play. The best games are not those in which all goes smoothly and steadily toward a certain conclusion, but those in which the outcome is always in doubt. Similarly, the geometry of life is designed to keep us at the point of maximum tension between certainty and uncertainty, order and chaos. Every important call is a close one. We survive and evolve by the skin of our teeth. We really wouldn't want it any other way.

Leonard, George

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No man is more unhappy than the one who is never in adversity; the greatest affliction of life is never to be afflicted.

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

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Forget the times of your distress, but never forget what they taught you.

Gesser

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

Aesop

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

Proverb, Maori

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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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Nothing splendid was ever created in cold blood. Heat is required to forge anything. Every great accomplishment is the story of a flaming heart.

Glasgow, Arnold H.

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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.

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

Devito, Danny

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

Movie, Apollo 13

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

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

Benson, Taylor

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

Collins, Kitty O'neill

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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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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.