Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ben Bernanke

The people who best use their advantages, or overcome adversity, and work honestly are those most worthy of admiration.

Arthur Bryant

Rightly conceived, time is the friend of all who are in any way in adversity, for its mazy road winds in and out of the shadows sooner or later into sunshine, and when one is at its darkest point one can be certain that presently it will grow brighte.

Arthur Bloch

If there is a possibility of several things going wrong, the one that will cause the most damage will be the one to go wrong.

Arthur Bloch

When working on a project, if you put away a tool that you're certain you're finished with, you will need it instantly.

Anton Chekhov

Only entropy comes easy.

Baltasar Gracian

One who was adored by all in prosperity is abhorred by all in adversity.

Brent Spiner

We're going to discover as time goes on that there is some adversity ... They are not in love with each other. These three guys were essentially shanghaied and made to do this job, whether they want to or not. And they're geniuses, so they have egos. I play a doctor, and I never met a doctor without an ego.

We faced adversity and we overcame it and that's what's important to look at.

We're fine. When you face adversity, you don't whine or complain. You've got to move on.

Joe Sakic

We're facing adversity now, but it's better it be now than later. As the game went on, we did a better job keeping it together, but we're still not together.

William Shakespeare

Through tattered clothes, small vices do appear. Robes and furred gowns hide all.

Jamie Martin

Through adversity, you learn a lot more and you become a stronger team and you jell together a lot more. So I'm kind of glad we had a little bit of that adversity to try and get over.

We knew they were a great hitting team and that we were going to have to face adversity at some time this year. Today was the day to handle it.

Dominique Moceanu

I learned to take those experiences that were difficult in my life and in the adversity that I had overcome to use it for a positive change.

Abraham Lincoln

Adversity does not make us frail; it only shows us how frail we are.

Samuel Daniel

By adversity are wrought the greatest works of admiration, and all the fair examples of renown, out of distress and misery are grown.

Alexandre Dumas

The hungry men were seen, followed by their valets, roaming the quais and guards' quarters; gleaning from their outside friends all the dinners they could find; for, according to Aramis, in prosperity one should sow meals right and left, in order to harvest some in adversity.

Richard G. Scott

When you face adversity . . . don't' ask: Why does this have to happen to me? Why do I have to suffer this, now? What have I done to cause this? Rather ask: What am I to do? What am I to learn from this experience? What am I to change? Whom am I to help? How can I remember my many blessings in times of trial?

Branch Rickey

Problems are the price you pay for progress.

Boethius

In every kind of adversity, the bitterest part of a man's affliction is to remember that he once was happy.

Brian Tracy

The thrill of achievement comes from overcoming adversity in the accomplishment of an important goal.

Scott Johnson

We are going to look squarely in the face of adversity and show a different side to our characters this weekend. We've shown that we can turn on the pretty stuff, now we are going to show our true heart, make Welsh fans proud of us and come out fighting.

Billie Holiday

Sometimes it's worse to win a fight than to lose.

When you're ahead in the game, or you're not a long ways behind, you can stay with your game plan. I'm anxious to see how we respond if the tables are turned and we're not ahead. That's one of the things this team has not faced yet, is some adversity like that. As we get into the meat of our schedule, things aren't always going to go our way like they did last week.

When I look back, I'm proud of where he's come from. He's overcome adversity; he struggled early on, but he was persistent.

Chris Evans

Lost luggage is just an opportunity to start afresh.

Charles Spurgeon

In prosperity God is heard, and that is a blessing; but in adversity God is seen, and that is a greater blessing.

Charles Spurgeon

Remember the goodness of God in the frost of adversity.

Charles R. Swindoll

Adversity is a good test of our resiliency, our ability to cope, to stand back up, to recover from misfortune. Adversity is a painful pedagogue.

Conor McGregor

Face adversity head on in your training and you will conquer it smoothly in your fight.

Elizabeth I

Prosperity provideth, but adversity proveth friends.

Bernie Siegel

If you watch how nature deals with adversity, continually renewing itself, you can't help but learn.

Benjamin Graham

Experience teaches that the time to buy stocks is when their price is unduly depressed by temporary adversity. In other words, they should be bought on a bargain basis or not at all.