Motivational Quotes

Adversity

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

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Best Quotes about Adversity

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

Tacitus, Publius Cornelius

A wounded deer leaps the highest.

Dickinson, Emily

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

You may live in an imperfect world but the frontiers are not closed and the doors are not all shut.

Maltz, Maxwell

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

Lawrence, Thomas E.

The proof of gold is fire...

Franklin, Benjamin

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

Ward, William A.

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.

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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Every blade of grass has its angel that bends over it and whispers, grow, grow.

Talmud, The

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I bring to my life a certain amount of mess.

Coppola, Francis Ford

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

Hemingway, Ernest

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Frogs have it easy, they can eat what bugs them

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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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If we study the lives of great men and women carefully and unemotionally we find that, invariably, greatness was developed, tested and revealed through the darker periods of their lives. One of the largest tributaries of the RIVER OF GREATNESS is always the STREAM OF ADVERSITY.

Robert, Cavett

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A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity until he has tasted adversity.

Saadi

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

Beecher, Henry Ward

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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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If the career you have chosen has some unexpected inconvenience, console yourself by reflecting that no career is without them.

Johnson

22.

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

Virgil

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Stumbling is not falling.

Proverb, Portuguese

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

Schmidt, Walt

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

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

Horace

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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.

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Those who aim at great deeds must also suffer greatly.

Plutarch

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Prosperity tries the fortunate, adversity the great.

Pliny The Elder

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

34.

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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Failure is success if we learn from it.

Forbes, Malcolm S.

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Life has meaning only in the struggle. Triumph or defeat is in the hands of the Gods. So let us celebrate the struggle!

Swahili Warrior Song

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Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction. [Isaiah 48:10]

Bible

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

Augustine, St.

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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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That which causes us trials shall yield us triumph: and that which make our hearts ache shall fill us with gladness. The only true happiness is to learn, to advance, and to improve: which could not happen unless we had commence with error, ignorance, and imperfection. We must pass through the darkness, to reach the light.

Pike, Albert

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

Richter, Jean Paul

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

Brown, Les

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Trials, temptations, disappointments -- all these are helps instead of hindrances, if one uses them rightly. They not only test the fiber of character but strengthen it. Every conquering temptation represents a new fund of moral energy. Every trial endured and weathered in the right spirit makes a soul nobler and stronger than it was before.

Buckham, James

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

Jung, Carl

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

Benson, Taylor

48.

Enter through the narrow gate. The gate that leads to damnation is wide, the road is clear, and many choose to travel it. But how narrow is the gate that leads to life, how rough the road, and how few there are who find it. [Mathew 7:13-14]

Bible

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When I dig another out of trouble, the hole from which I lift him is the place where I bury my own.

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Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional.

Casey, M Kathleen