Quotes about adversity
adversity greatness unfair
Greatness is best measured by how well an individual responds to the happenings in life that appear to be totally unfair, unreasonable, and undeserved. Marvin J. Ashton
adversity variation trials
Regarding trials, including of our faith and patience, there are no exemptions-only variations. Neal A. Maxwell
adversity soul remodeling
The enlarging of the soul requires not only some remodeling, but some excavating.
adversity self long
If one is devoid of hope and thanksgiving, he cannot for long remain sinless, for he will, in despair, have slackened his resolve. Feelings of futility foster vulnerability. Self-pity is such a busy stagehand, rearranging the scenery to help sin make its entrance. No wonder the prophets say that without faith in the Lord, there is no hope.
adversity differences challenges
The great challenge is to refuse to let the bad things that happen to us do bad things to us. That is the crucial difference between adversity and tragedy.
adversity lds faithful
These really are our days, and we can prevail and overcome, even in the midst of trends that are very disturbing. If we are faithful the day will come when those deserving pioneers and ancestors, whom we rightly praise for having overcome the adversities in the wilderness trek, will praise today’s faithful for having made their way successfully through a desert of despair and for having passed through a cultural wilderness, while still keeping the faith.
adversity commitment blow
The winds of tribulation, which blow out some men's candles of commitment, only fan the fires of faith of others.
adversity years tree
During our mortal schooling in submissiveness, we will see the visible crosses that some carry, but other crosses will go unseen. A few individuals may appear to have no trials at all, which, if it were so, would be a trial in itself. Indeed, if, as do trees, our souls had rings to measure the years of greatest personal growth, the wide rings would likely reflect the years of greatest moisture-but from tears, not rainfall.
adversity break made
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. Lucille Clifton
adversity men doubt
Look at a man in the midst of doubt & danger and you will learn in his hour of adversity what he really is. Lucretius
adversity down-and invention
Life for most of us is full of steep stairs to go up and later, shaky stairs to totter down; and very early in the history of stairs must have come the invention of bannisters. Louis Kronenberger
adversity enemy incentives
Enemies can be an incentive to survive and become someone in spite of them. Enemies can keep you alert and aware. Louis L'Amour
adversity miracle overcoming
Miracles arise from conviction. Be convicted about these things: Miracles can happen. Miracles do happen. Love makes them happen. Marianne Williamson
adversity greatness men
The greatness of man cannot be seen in the hours of comfort and convenience, but rather in moments of conflict/adversity Martin Luther King, Jr.
adversity shadow shows
Adversity shows whether we have friends, or only the shadows of friends. Publilius Syrus
adversity prosperity
Prosperity has no power over adversity.
adversity men lethargy
Adversity cleanses the lethargies of man Nelson Mandela
adversity past knowing
I learned to put 100 percent into what you're doing. I learned about setting goals for yourself, knowing where you want to be and taking small steps toward those goals. I learned about adversity and how to get past it. Kristi Yamaguchi
adversity leader challenges
Dare to be different. Be a pioneer. Be a leader. Be the kind of woman who in the face of adversity will continue to embrace life and walk fearlessly toward the challenge. Oprah Winfrey
adversity people grace
People never fail to amaze me. They face the unimaginable with a shot of grace and a rush of adrenaline; they steel their nerves; they summon their cool or anger or faith or whatever it takes to pull them through, and they go on to live another day.
adversity demand prosperity
Prosperity demands of us more prudence and moderation than adversity. Marcus Tullius Cicero
adversity mind bears
It shows a weak mind not to bear prosperity as well as adversity with moderation.
adversity easy endure
It's easy to endure adversity -- if it happens to someone else. Mark Twain
adversity men privilege
To have become a deeper man is the privilege of those who have suffered. Oscar Wilde
adversity gave-up setback
I've had a few setbacks in my life, but I never gave up. Harry S Truman
adversity shields
Sisters are a shield against life's cruel adversity. Nancy Mitford
adversity growth
In so many things, growth comes from adversity. Michael Huffington
adversity thinking luxury
You should not allow yourself the luxuries of discouragement of despair. Bounce back immediately, and welcome the adversity because it produces harder thinking and harder drive to get to the objective. Ralph Nader
adversity thinking made
I don't know, you go through what you go through. You handle adversity, and I think it made me hungrier. Rajon Rondo
adversity hands friendly
In the difficult are the friendly forces, the hands that work on us. Rainer Maria Rilke
adversity finals problem
Adversity is an experience, not a final act. Michael LeBoeuf
adversity best-work
Very often out of adversity that's when the best work comes. Tom Cochrane
adversity past overcoming
The past is not clinging to you; YOU are clinging to the past. Once you are not clinging, the past simply EVAPORATES! Rajneesh