Famous Quotes & Sayings

Antonio Porchia

Suffering is above, not below. And everyone thinks that suffering is below. And everyone wants to rise.

Bruce Lee

With every adversity comes a blessing because a shock acts as a reminder to oneself that we must not get stale in routine.

Bruce Lee

Prosperity is apt to prevent us from examining our conduct; but adversity leads us to think properly of our state, and so is beneficial to us.

Edmund Burke

Public calamity is a mighty leveller.

Edmund Burke

Adversity is a severe instructor, set over us by one who knows us better than we do ourselves.

E. W. Howe

Abuse a man unjustly, and you will make friends for him.

Ann Voskamp

When your ethnicity is heaven, then all adversity offers the gift of intimacy, driving you into the home of His heart.

Albert Bandura

By sticking it out through tough times, people emerge from adversity with a stronger sense of efficacy.

Albert Ellis

So I'd better stop my whining and help myself cope better with even the worst Adversities.

Don Sutton

Find the grain of truth in criticism-chew it and swallow it.

E. B. White

When a man hangs from a tree it doesn't spell justice unless he helped write the law that hanged him.

Anne Graham Lotz

Faith is like a tender plant, rooted in Christ alone, watered by the Spirit and the Word, strengthened by the winds of adversity and the sunshine of blessing.

Christopher Reeve

In the face of adversity, hope often comes in the form of a friend who reaches out to us.

Anselm of Canterbury

Let no worldly prosperity divert you, nor any worldly adversity restrain you from His praise.

Annie Proulx

And I think that's important, to know how the water's gone over the dam before you start to describe it. It helps to have been over the dam yourself.

Anne Bronte

I had been seasoned by adversity, and tutored by experience, and I longed to redeem my lost honour in the eyes of those whose opinion was more than that of all the world to me.

Andrea Arnold

I work best when there is adversity: I seem to get calmer the more the fur is flying.

In any adversity gold can find friends.

Ambrose Bierce

When prosperous the fool trembles for the evil that is to come; in adversity the philosopher smiles for the good that he has had.

Aesop

Adversity tests the sincerity of friends

Aesop

Men often bear little grievances with less courage than they do large misfortunes.

We'll take this one. We had to battle through adversity.

Ben Howland

What I think it's done is made us better. This team has gone through more adversity in terms of injuries than any team I've ever heard of, ever been a part of, for sure.

Drew Brees

Anyone can see the adversity in a difficult situation, but it takes a stronger person to see the opportunity.

Donald Trump

Case in point: Take adversity and make it an asset.

Dalai Lama

From adversity we can learn the value of patience.

Dalai Lama

It is not just a person's physical constitution, their intellegence, their education, or even their social conditioning that enables them to withstand hardship. Much more significant is their inner development. And while some may be able to survive through sheer willpower, the ones who suffer the least are those who have a high degree of patience and courage in the face of adversity.

David Beckham

I've always come back from adversity, and I've always had the mentality of proving people wrong.

David A. Bednar

Many of the lessons we are to learn in mortality can only be received through the things we experience and sometimes suffer. And God expects and trusts us to face temporary mortal adversity with His help so we can learn what we need to learn and ultimately become what we are to become in eternity.

Daisaku Ikeda

Adversity gives birth to greatness. The greater the challenges and difficulties we face, the greater the opportunity we have to grow and develop as people. A life without adversity, a life of ease and comfort, produces nothing and leaves us with nothing. This is one of the indisputable facts of life.

Daisaku Ikeda

A person's true nature is revealed at times of the greatest adversity.

Daisaku Ikeda

The human spirit is as expansive as the cosmos. This is why it is so tragic to belittle yourself or to question your worth. No matter what happens, continue to push back the boundaries of your inner life. The confidence to prevail over any problem, the strength to overcome adversity and unbounded hope — all reside within you.

Daphne du Maurier

I suppose sooner or later in the life of everyone comes a moment of trial. We all of us have our particular devil who rides us and torments us, and we must give battle in the end.