Seneca the Younger (Seneca) Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
Many who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy; many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable.
-
For a lot of people, Superman is and has always been America's hero. He stands for what we believe is the best within us: limitless strength tempered by compassion, that can bear adversity and emerge stronger on the other side. He stands for what we all feel we would like to be able to stand for, when standing is hardest.
-
Memory tempers prosperity, mitigates adversity, controls youth, and delights old age.
-
Yes, I did shatter my leg, and it really changed my life, in a way. It wasn't much fun, but it did open me up, and as we all know intuitively, adversity can develop resources.
-
Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters.
-
Numerous have been the manifestations of God's providence in sustaining us. In the gloomy period of adversity, we have had 'our cloud by day and pillar of fire by night.' We have been reduced to distress, and the arm of Omnipotence has raised us up.
-
We see many who are struggling against adversity who are happy, and more although abounding in wealth, who are wretched.
-
How you deal with adversity says a lot about the kind of players you've got and the kind of team we've got.
-
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.
-
I try to find scripts of stories that kinda celebrate the human condition... let's talk about the tough world out there and the human spirit overcoming adversity.
-
I wish that only three residents of Tel Aviv could see what conditions on the West Bank are like. Living in such proximity, most Israelis have no idea about the adversity on the West Bank.
-
Back, n. That part of your friend which it is your privilege to contemplate in your adversity.
-
I don't want to sound Pollyannish about this. I understand that poverty is never just poverty. It's often this collection of maladies, this compounded adversity. I'm not naive about the problem. But I think that stable, steady housing is one of the surest footholds we could have on the road to financial stability.
-
Be moderate in prosperity, prudent in adversity.
-
People can grow from adversity as much as they do from prosperity.
-
I'm used to adversity and working really well in difficult situations. It was hard for me to accept the success.
-
Initially, I know that I handled it worse than she did and I think partly because I've always been... every bit of adversity I've faced up until the last year and a half is adversity I brought upon myself - or the opposing teams have given me.
-
Adversity creates comedy.
-
I've gone from a kid who was sneaking out of my childhood house and lying to my parents to do shows in a community theatre in Reading, PA, to now having two shows on Broadway opening within two months of each other. That's sort of crazy, that trajectory.
-
Every time I make American film I just trust American directors and American writers.
-
People also respected my culinary acumen and my intelligence, and that was their whole thing. They flew me over, and it was this immersive experience.
-
Dreams are not made to put us to sleep, but to awaken us.
-
Adversity finds at last the man whom she has often passed by.
