Quotes about adversity
adversity mind prosperity
A weak mind sinks under prosperity, as well as under adversity. Julius Charles Hare
adversity character ruins
Politics ruins the character. Otto von Bismarck
adversity righteousness
Righteousness has never precluded adversity. M. Russell Ballard
adversity cutting problem
Problems are the cutting edge that distinguishes between success and failure. Problems ... create our courage and wisdom. M. Scott Peck
adversity champion faces
A true champion is not judged by how much he or she is admired, but by how well they can stand at the face of adversity. John Cena
adversity doors imperfect-world
You may live in an imperfect world but the frontiers are not closed and the doors are not all shut. Maxwell Maltz
adversity men people
Someone once said, 'Adversity introduces a man to himself.' For some reason, that's scary, but most people discover that adversity does make them stronger. Max Cleland
adversity world faces
We must face the fact that the United States is neither omnipotent nor omniscient, that we cannot impose our will upon the other 94 percent of mankind, that we cannot right every wrong or reverse every adversity, and that therefore there cannot be an American solution to every world problem. John F. Kennedy
adversity justice charity
Charity isn't a good substitute for justice. Jonathan Kozol
adversity happy-life unhappy
I've had an unhappy life, thank God. Russell Baker
adversity bird singing
Birds sing after a storm. Why shouldn't we? Rose Kennedy
adversity trying prosperity
Prosperity tries the fortunate, adversity the great.
adversity survival resilience
Resilience is the maintenance of high levels of positive affect and well-being in the face of adversity. It is not that resilient individuals never experience negative affect, but rather that the negative affect does not persist. Richard Davidson
adversity joy may
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.
adversity valor hector
Who would have known of Hector, if Troy had been happy? The road to valor is built by adversity. Ovid
adversity commitment fire
As the yellow gold is tried in fire, so the faith of friendship must be seen in adversity.
adversity men different
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. Meher Baba
adversity names world
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. Pope Benedict XVI
adversity men misfortunes
With man, most of his misfortunes are occasioned by man. Pliny the Elder
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.