Adversity Quotes
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The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity.
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I am a quiet man who grows through adversity.
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You learn things in adversity that you would never have discovered without trouble. There is always a seed of hope.
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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.
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You may feel singled out when adversity enters your life. You shake your head and wonder, 'Why me?'
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Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.
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It was a high speech of Seneca (after the manner of the Stoics), that 'The good things which belong to prosperity are to be wished, but the good things that belong to adversity are to be admired.'
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In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider.
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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.
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The only good thing about times of adversity is that you realize who your real friends and fans are - and the rest go away - which in my mind is an OK thing.
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Good actions are a guard against the blows of adversity.
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Problems are the cutting edge that distinguishes between success and failure. Problems ... create our courage and wisdom.
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We see many who are struggling against adversity who are happy, and more although abounding in wealth, who are wretched.
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Even when the universe made it quite clear to me that I was mistaken in my certainties ... I did not break. The shattering of my sureties did not shatter me.
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Every adversity contains, at the same time, a seed of equivalent opportunity!
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I can’t pretend to have worked my way up through adversity. I need the money not for food like other people, but to prove that I’m worth something. Jaws freed me to discover that a successful movie didn’t make a damn bit of difference to my life.
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There is a sort of natural instinct of human dignity in the heart of man which steels his very nerves not to bend beneath the heavy blows of a great adversity. The palm-tree grows best beneath a ponderous weight, even so the character of man. There is no merit in it, it is a law of psychology. The petty pangs of small daily cares have often bent the character of men, but great misfortunes seldom. There is less danger in this than in great good luck.
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Let us remember that the times which future generations delight to recall are not those of ease and prosperity, but those of adversity bravely borne.
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The long, dull, monotonous years of middle-aged prosperity or middle-aged adversity are excellent campaigning weather for the devil.
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The experienced mountain climber is not intimidated by a mountain - he is inspired by it. The persistent winner is not discouraged by a problem--he is challenged by it. Mountains are created to be conquered; adversities are designed to be defeated; problems are sent to be solved. It is better to master one mountain than a thousand foothills.
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It takes no more time to see the good side of life than to see the bad.
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Weak minds sink under prosperity as well as adversity; but strong and deep ones have two high tides.
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We fail to see the purifying and refining effect wrought by the flames of adversity. These flames are not meant to consume but only to purify us. Disguised as adversity, blessings are showered upon us.
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He who, when he hath the power, doeth not good, when he loses the means will suffer distress. There is not a more unfortunate wretch than the oppressor; for in the day of adversity nobody is his friend.
