Adversity Quotes
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Adversity is the state in which man most easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free of admirers then.
John Wooden
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When I wrote "Lead Me," I had no idea that God was preparing me to lead my family through a season of great adversity. It was only a month after Pieces of a Real Heart was released that my wife, Sarah, and I found out that our son had a severe, life-threatening heart defect.
Matt Hammitt Sanctus Real
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Whenever I do the sign of the cross, it always brings comfort in situations when you are faced with adversity and stress.
Troy Polamalu
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You know, you have to have some inner philosophy to deal with adversity.
Kirk Douglas
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It's always amazing when a fan will say you've helped them through some kind of adversity.
James Arthur
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Someone once said, 'Adversity introduces a man to himself.' For some reason, that's scary, but most people discover that adversity does make them stronger.
Max Cleland
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The Muppets are always really positive when they come across adversity, and they always have the ability to see the good in people.
James Bobin
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Nevadans, and all Americans, are resilient. Overcoming adversity is a part of our national heritage.
Brian Sandoval
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The black middle-class in America is a prosperous community that is now larger in absolute terms than the black underclass. Does its existence not suggest that economic adversity is the result of failures of individual character rather than the lingering after-effects of racial discrimination and a slave system that ceased to exist well over a century ago?
David Horowitz
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I consider adversity being good sometimes, you know.
Brett Favre
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A rebirth out of spiritual adversity causes us to become new creatures.
James E. Faust
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One of the greatest gifts my father gave me - unintentionally - was witnessing the courage with which he bore adversity. We had a bit of a rollercoaster life with some really challenging financial periods. He was always unshaken, completely tranquil, the same ebullient, laughing, jovial man.
Ben Okri
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In any adversity gold can find friends.
Amelia Barr
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I don't think we live in those times when great art comes out of great adversity.
Noel Gallagher Oasis
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It feels good when guys reach out to be inspired - and you have shown people an example of how you can come back and be better than you were before when adversity strikes; and when the world predicts the opposite, you show them you not only can be successful but be great.
Adrian Peterson
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The journey is never ending. There's always gonna be growth, improvement, adversity; you just gotta take it all in and do what's right, continue to grow, continue to live in the moment.
Antonio Brown
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Adversity will surface in every life. How we meet it makes the difference.
Marvin J. Ashton
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Its time to smile in this adversity and feel gratitude for everything we have around us.
Anuj Sachdeva
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Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.
Aristotle
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'Seat at the Table' has expressed real adversity, struggle, and also triumph and joy.
Kelela Mizanekristos
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Let no worldly prosperity divert you, nor any worldly adversity restrain you from His praise.
Anselm of Canterbury
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Prosperity asks for fidelity; adversity exacts it.
Seneca the Younger
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Prosperity Whose sources are interior. As soon Adversity A diamond overtake.
Emily Dickinson
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I think maybe there's a part of me that needs adversity from the rest of the world in order to feel motivated to want to prove people wrong. I need people to be like, 'What is this weirdo doing?'
Josh Klinghoffer Red Hot Chili Peppers