Motivational Quotes

Adversity

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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Best Quotes about Adversity

There are three modes of bearing the ills of life, by indifference, by philosophy, and by religion.

Colton, Charles Caleb

The willow which bends to the tempest, often escapes better than the oak which resists it; and so in great calamities, it sometimes happens that light and frivolous spirits recover their elasticity and presence of mind sooner than those of a loftier character.

Scott, Sir Walter

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

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

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

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

Warren, Earl

Cushion the painful effects of hard blows by keeping the enthusiasm going strong, even if doing so requires struggle.

Peale, Norman Vincent

Things were bad but now they are OK.

Seymour, Harold J.

Nothing bad ever happens without equal or growth

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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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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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Most of the shadows of this life are caused by standing in one's own sunshine

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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Every silver lining has a cloud.

Avon

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

Seneca

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Humanity either makes, or breeds, or tolerates all its afflictions.

Wells, H.G.

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Trouble shared is trouble halved.

Sayers, Dorothy L.

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

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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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Stumbling is not falling.

Proverb, Portuguese

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

Gesser

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Adversity is the first path to truth.

Byron, Lord

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Do you think that you shall enter the Garden of Bliss without such trials as came to those who passed before you?

Qur'an

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

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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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Your dips an falls do not confound me, half as much as your heights astound me.

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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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The good things of prosperity are to be wished; but the good things that belong to adversity are to be admired.

Seneca

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Frogs have it easy, they can eat what bugs them

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It takes a real storm in the average person's life to make him realize how much worrying he has done over the squalls.

Advisor, Heartland

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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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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

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Show me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I'll show you someone who has overcome adversity.

Holtz, Lou

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In a dark time, the eye begins to see.

Roethke, Theodore

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

Augustine, St.

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I have become my own version of an optimist. If I can't make it through one door, I'll go through another door -- or I'll make a door. Something terrific will come no matter how dark the present.

Tagore, Rabindranath

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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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Tough times never last, but tough people do.

Schuller, Robert H.

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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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Adversity draws men together and produces beauty and harmony in life's relationships, just as the cold of winter produces ice-flowers on the window-panes, which vanish with the warmth.

Kierkegaard, S°ren

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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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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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Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that the setbacks and grieves which we endure help us in our marching onward.

Ford, Henry

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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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The path of least resistance is the path of the loser.

Weltman, Phil

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

Devito, Danny

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The worst thing that happens to you may be the best thing for you if you don't let it get the best of you.

Rogers, Will

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

Ward, William A.

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He that can heroically endure adversity will bear prosperity with equal greatest of the soul; for the mind that cannot be dejected by the former is not likely to be transported without the latter.

Fielding, Henry