Famous Quotes & Sayings

Epictetus

As it is pleasant to see the sea from the land, so it is pleasant for him who has escaped from troubles to think of them.

Epictetus

Common and vulgar people ascribe all ills that they feel to others; people of little wisdom ascribe to themselves; people of much wisdom, to no one.

Emily Dickinson

He deposes Doom Who hath suffered him.

Emily Dickinson

Prosperity Whose sources are interior. As soon Adversity A diamond overtake.

Tom Renney

All the cliches fit. It's a very valuable time for us if we get through this adversity, because it's going to galvanize our group and define our organization moving forward.

Aaron Kampman

All season, we haven't given in to the adversity. (Monday), at times, we gave in to all of the negatives.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Sail forth into the sea of life, O gentle, loving, trusting wife, And safe from all adversity Upon the bosom of that sea Thy comings and thy goings be! For gentleness and love and trust Prevail o'er angry wave and gust; And in the wreck of noble lives Something immortal still survives.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The rays of happiness, like those of light, are colorless when unbroken.

Hayley Wickenheiser

Many times I had to dig deep and perform. All of that adversity helped me and drove me to want to be the best.

Herodotus

Adversity has the effect of drawing out strength and qualities of a man that would have laid dormant in its absence.

Henry Ford

If I lose a billion dollars, I will have it back in less than five years.

Heraclitus

Greater dooms win greater destinies.

Heraclitus

It would not be better if things happened to men just as they wish

Henry Ward Beecher

Adversity, if for no other reason, is of benefit, since it is sure to bring a season of sober reflection. People see clearer at such times. Storms purify the atmosphere.

Henry Ward Beecher

You have come into a hard world. I know of only one easy place in it, and that is the grave.

Henry Ward Beecher

Adversity is the mint in which God stamps upon man his image and superscription.

Khalil Gibran

Braving obstacles and hardships is braver than retreat to tranquility.

Jonathan Swift

In all distresses of our friends We first consult our private ends; While Nature, kindly bent to ease us, Points out some circumstance to please us.

Napoleon Hill

Adversity will do something too you or for you.......

Napoleon Hill

When adversity overtakes you, it pays to be thankful it was not worse instead of worrying over your misfortune.

Napoleon Hill

Life gives no one immunity against adversity, but life gives to everyone the power of positive thought which is sufficient to master all circumstances of adversity and convert them into benefits.

Napoleon Hill

Don't be afraid of a little opposition. Remember that the 'Kite' of success generally rises AGAINST the wind of Adversity, not with it.

Napoleon Hill

Within every adversity is an equal and opposite benefit.

Napoleon Hill

Many successful people have found opportunities in failure and adversity that they could not recognize in more favorable circumstances.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Adversity is the midwife of genius

Never befriend the oppressed unless you are prepared to take on the oppressor.

The only incurable troubles of the rich are the troubles that money can't cure, Which is a kind of trouble that is even more troublesome if you are poor.

Og Mandino

You learn things in adversity that you would never have discovered without trouble. There is always a seed of hope.

Og Mandino

You never know what events are going to transpire to get you home.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

If I had a formula for bypassing trouble, I would not pass it around. Trouble creates a capacity to handle it.

Mason Cooley

Adversity can strengthen us if it does not go on too long.

Mary Astor

Things grew and lived in constant adversity, ingenious in solving problems of existence.

Michael Arndt

Adversity challenges the masks we hide behind, revealing sides of ourselves we have not yet comfortably with the world outside. It is why we dislike adversity, because we have to face what we don't yet understand about ourselves.