Quotes about adversity
adversity men way
The measure of a man is the way he bears up under misfortune. Plutarch
adversity men prosperity
Nothing is harder to direct than a man in prosperity; nothing more easily managed that one is adversity.
adversity nba-championships feelings
And the vision that I had when I decided to come here is all coming true. Through adversity, through everything we've been through, we've been able to persevere ... It's an unbelievable feeling. Micky Arison
adversity people sometimes
It is true that people are sometimes hit by adversities beyond their control. But those so affected are better helped when they are awakened to the resources they do possess than when they are told they don't have any. Nathaniel Branden
adversity giving wish
I trust that God wouldn't give me more than I can handle. I just wish he didn't have such faith in me. Mother Teresa
adversity order literature
Under adversity, under oppression, the words begin to fail, the easy words begin to fail. In order to convey things accurately, the human being is almost forced to find the most precise words possible, which is a precondition for literature. Rita Dove
adversity thinking thrive
I think really what I'm saying is that I thrive on adversity. Richard Marx
adversity men alive
I am the happiest man alive. I have that in me that can convert poverty to riches, adversity to prosperity, and I am more invulnerable than Archilles; Fortune hath not one place to hit me. Thomas Browne
adversity wind storm
If we do not have a deep foundation of faith and a solid testimony of truth, we may have difficulty withstanding the harsh storms and icy winds of adversity which inevitably come to each of us. Thomas S. Monson
adversity opportunity significant
Our most significant opportunities will be found in times of greatest difficulty.
adversity blessing burden
Every burden is a blessing. Robert H. Schuller
adversity victory-and-defeat long
If you live long enough, you'll experience everything. Robert Torricelli
adversity half christ
Well's them who are under crosses, and Christ says to them, "Half Mine." Samuel Rutherford
adversity winter water
I find it most true that the greatest temptation outside of hell is to live without temptations; if water stands, it rots; faith is the better for the sharp winter storm in its face and grace withers without adversity. The devil is but God's master fencer to teach us to handle our weapons.
adversity thinking states
Adversity leads us to think properly of our state, and so is most beneficial to us. Samuel Johnson
adversity dark tough-times
The friend in my adversity I shall always cherish most. Ulysses S. Grant
adversity next firsts
Your first big trouble can be a bonanza if you live through it. Get through the first trouble, and you'll probably make it through the next one. Ruth Gordon
adversity dark night
If you have not clung to a broken piece of your old ship in the dark night of the soul, your faith may not have the sustaining power to carry you through to the end of the journey. Rufus Jones
adversity wind broken
The oak fought the wind and was broken, the willow bent when it must and survived. Robert Jordan
adversity destiny blessing
Live on in your blessings, your destiny's been won. But ours calls us on from one ordeal to the next. Virgil
adversity bird humans
What molting time is to birds, so adversity or misfortune is ... for us humans. Vincent Van Gogh
adversity tests inevitable
Adversity tests us from time to time and it is inevitable that this testing continues during life. Walter Annenberg
adversity discovery sorrow
The very greatest things - great thoughts, discoveries, inventions - have usually been nurtured in hardship, often pondered over in sorrow, and at length established with difficulty. Samuel Smiles
adversity enemy unhappy
The unhappy never want enemies. Samuel Richardson
adversity games guy
Everybody can have a bad game, and we did. These guys have all proven that they can handle adversity. We're in the midst of a little adversity. Wayne Graham
adversity humanity affliction
Humanity either makes, or breeds, or tolerates all its afflictions. William Arthur Ward
adversity giving sorrow
As the valley gives height to the mountain, so can sorrow give meaning to pleasure; as the well is the source of the fountain, deep adversity can be a treasure.
adversity simple serious-illness
There are uses to adversity, and they don't reveal themselves until tested. Whether it's serious illness, financial hardship, or the simple constraint of parents who speak limited English, difficulty can tap unexpected strengths. Sonia Sotomayor
adversity people not-good-enough
Along the way there's going to be a lot of obstacles, a lot of adversity, a lot of people who will tell you you're not good enough. I'm here to tell you that you are. Everyone that tells you that you're not is because they didn't accomplish something. Tim Tebow
adversity men unhappy
No man is more unhappy than the one who is never in adversity; the greatest affliction of life is never to be afflicted. Victor Hugo
adversity may littles
It is often better to have a great deal of harm happen to one than a little; a great deal may rouse you to remove what a little will only accustom you to endure.
adversity port resolve
A good resolve will make any port. Horace
adversity challenges mind
In adversity, remember to keep an even mind.