Adversity Quotes
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A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity 'til he has tasted adversity.
Saadi -
Within every adversity is an equal and opposite benefit.
Napoleon Hill
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I'm used to adversity and working really well in difficult situations. It was hard for me to accept the success.
Paula Cole -
Good actions are a guard against the blows of adversity.
Abu Bakr -
As a woman, and as a working mom trying to get things done, you find yourself meeting adversity a lot, but you never talk about it because you don't want to bring attention to it. You don't want to go there.
Kate Hudson -
Books are delightful when prosperity happily smiles; when adversity threatens, they are inseparable comforters. They give strength to human compacts, nor are grave opinions brought forward without books. Arts and sciences, the benefits of which no mind can calculate. depend upon books.
Bill Vaughan -
Adversity's sweet milk, philosophy.
William Shakespeare -
Seeds sewn in adversity bear the greatest fruit.
James Cook
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For Black Label Special Opps, adversity is what you thrive on. General Patton is a huge fan favorite in Black Label.
Zakk Wylde Black Label Society -
Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.
Martha Graham -
For in all adversity of fortune the worst sort of misery is to have been happy.
Boethius -
Adversity is simply part of earth life. From it we can grow and progress if we choose to. Yes, some trials come because of our own disobedience, but many trials are simply part of life.
John Bytheway -
When I was growing up, I was very lucky. My family was the most important thing to me. They provided me with somewhere safe to grow and learn, and I know I was fortunate not to have been confronted by serious adversity at a young age.
Kate Middleton -
The core of a soldier is moral discipline. It is intertwined with the discipline of physical and mental achievement. It motivates doing on your own what is right without prodding. It is an inner critic that refuses to tolerate less than your best. Total discipline overcomes adversity and physical stamina draws on an inner strength that says "drive on".
William G. Bainbridge
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I learned to put 100 percent into what you're doing. I learned about setting goals for yourself, knowing where you want to be and taking small steps toward those goals. I learned about adversity and how to get past it.
Kristi Yamaguchi -
These are tough times, and the New Yorkers I have met are facing economic adversity with grace and dignity. They worry about their future, care about their neighbors and hope this storm will pass so they can focus on better days ahead.
Harold Ford, Jr. -
By trying we can easily learn to endure adversity. Another man's, I mean.
Mark Twain -
I tend to not discriminate when it comes to people I can learn from. Basically, if someone has built a meaningful business in software, technology or media, faced disruption and adversity, and overcame underdog status, I want to know how they did it.
Aaron Levie -
To me, obstacles in life build character. You have to be able to overcome adversity in order to succeed and appreciate the simple things life has to offer... that's where most of my inspiration for writing and singing comes from.
Elliott Yamin -
We see many who are struggling against adversity who are happy, and more although abounding in wealth, who are wretched.
Tacitus
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I am a quiet man who grows through adversity.
Jose Maria Aznar -
America has always built ourselves out of adversity. All the way back to the Great Depression.
Jim Gray -
Weak minds sink under prosperity as well as adversity; but strong and deep ones have two high tides.
David Hare -
If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.
Anne Bradstreet