Famous Quotes & Sayings

Livy

He is truly a man who will not permit himself to be unduly elated when fortune's breeze is favorable, or cast down when it is adverse.

Livy

Adversity reminds men of religion.

Livy

In adversity assume the countenance of prosperity, and in prosperity moderate the temper and desires.

Livy

Adversity makes men remember God.

Discontents are sometimes the better part of our life. I know not well which is the most useful; joy I may choose for pleasure, but adversities are the best for profit; and sometimes those do so far help me, as I should, without them, want much of the joy I have.

Ovid

Who would have known of Hector, if Troy had been happy? The road to valor is built by adversity.

Ovid

As the yellow gold is tried in fire, so the faith of friendship must be seen in adversity.

Meher Baba

God has come again and again in various Forms, has spoken again and again in different words and different languages the Same One Truth but how many are there that live up to it? Instead of making Truth the vitalbreath of his life, man compromises by making over and over againa mechanical religion of it a handy staff to lean on in times of adversity, a soothing balm for his conscience or a tradition to be followed.

Pope Benedict XVI

Dear friends, may no adversity paralyze you. Be afraid neither of the world, nor of the future, nor of your weakness. The Lord has allowed you to live in this moment of history so that, by your faith, his name will continue to resound throughout the world.

Pliny the Elder

With man, most of his misfortunes are occasioned by man.

Plutarch

The measure of a man is the way he bears up under misfortune.

Plutarch

Nothing is harder to direct than a man in prosperity; nothing more easily managed that one is adversity.

Micky Arison

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.

Nathaniel Branden

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.

Thomas Aquinas

True peace consists in not separating ourselves from the will of God.

Teddy Pendergrass

Life didn't promise to be wonderful.

Shelby Foote

I think that everything you do helps you to write if you're a writer. Adversity and success both contribute largely to making you what you are. If you don't experience either one of those, you're being deprived of something.

Philip Emeagwali

Adversities such as being homeless and going to prison has made many people stronger.

Phyllis Bottome

There are two ways of meeting difficulties: you alter the difficulties, or you alter yourself to meet them.

Pythagoras

If there be light, then there is darkness; if cold, heat; if height, depth; if solid, fluid; if hard, soft; if rough, smooth; if calm, tempest; if prosperity, adversity; if life, death.

Thomas Malthus

In prosperous times the mercantile classes often realize fortunes, which go far towards securing them against the future; but unfortunately the working classes, though they share in the general prosperity, do not share in it so largely as in the general adversity.

Thomas Carlyle

For every one hundred men who can stand adversity there is only one who can withstand prosperity.

Tony Evans

Never has our nation , or our world, stood on the precipice of adversity in such dire need of men answering the cry to rule well.

Stephen Hawking

A person who smiles in the face of adversity...probably has a scapegoat.

Lil' Kim

Throughout my life, I have always lived with adversity and will continue to have faith and do good for my family, friends and fans.

Josephine Hart

Damaged people are dangerous. They know they can survive.

Reggie Jackson

I feel that the most important requirement in success is learning to overcome failure. You must learn to tolerate it, but never accept it

Reggie White

One thing that I don't think my critics realize about me is that I've been trained to look adversity in the face.

Russell M. Nelson

With celestial sight, trials impossible to change become possible to endure.

Ronald Reagan

I know that it is often difficult to stand up for one's beliefs when they are being harshly challenged. But as one who has seen many challenges over a long lifetime, I can assure you that personal faith and conviction are strengthened, not weakened, in adversity.

Saadi

A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity until he has tasted adversity.

Richard Branson

Remain focused on fulfilling your business mission. Never allow adversity divert your attention and efforts.

Richard Branson

It is important in life to turn adversity to success