ADVERSITY QUOTES
quotations about adversity
If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.
HARRY S. TRUMAN
Mr. Citizen
Adversity often awakens us to the treasures that are far more important than money and material possession: our health, our family and our friends. Sudden financial losses teach us that we shouldn't base our happiness on money. An illness teaches us to be humble and lead a healthy life. A sudden loss in the family makes us appreciate the cycle of birth, life and death. Such things may seem superficial, but you should learn from adversities if you don't want them to control your life.
ERIN FALCONER
"Overcoming Adversity", Pick the Brain, October 14, 2007
Let not adversity oppress thee: be rather like unto the nail; the farther 'tis hammered, the firmer it holds.
IVAN PANIN
Thoughts
In every kind of adversity, the bitterest part of a man's affliction is to remember that he once was happy.
BOETHIUS
attributed, The International Thesaurus of Quotations
Prosperity gathers smiles, while adversity scatters them.
WILLIAM SCOTT DOWNEY
Proverbs
Adversity is the true school of the mind.
KATHARINE LEE BATES
The Pilgrim Ship
One thing I've learned in the face of adversity is that better things lie ahead, you just go through some hell to get to your heaven.
JESSICA COSTON
"6 things that keep people motivated", Star News Online, September 29, 2016
Adversity has made many a man great who, had he remained prosperous, would only have been rich.
MAURICE SWITZER
attributed, Gems of Thought
Adversity is a soul sister to success. And on the journey to greatness, our willingness to befriend these twin sisters, and know them as one, will have much to do with our greatness.
NOAH BENSHEA
The Journey to Greatness
A spiritually optimistic point of view holds that the universe is woven out of a fabric of love. Everything that is happening is ultimately for the good if we're willing to face it head-on and use our adversities for soul growth.
JOAN BORYSENKO
Ensouling Ourselves
By trying we can easily learn to endure adversity. Another man's, I mean.
MARK TWAIN
Following the Equator
It essentially always comes down to the story you tell yourself. In fact, it is the story that will either empower you or deflate you emotionally; it is the story that will either help you move forward or hold you back; it is the story that will either open the doors to opportunity or send you into the pits of despair. Adversity has absolutely everything to do with the story! The story you tell yourself is what effectively determines your next steps moving forward.
ADAM SICINSKI
"Here's Exactly What To Do When Facing Adversity", IQ Matrix
Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament, adversity is the blessing of the New.
FRANCIS BACON
Essays
Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; and adversity is not without comforts and hopes.
FRANCIS BACON
"Of Adversity"
Sometimes, a bad meet and little adversity is just what a team needs. It sharpens the focus and heightens the motivation, so as to get the taste of losing out your mouth.
POSEUR
"Gym Is Nearly Perfect Against Auburn", And the Valley Shook!, February 22, 2016
Adversity is a good test of our resiliency, our ability to cope, to stand back up, to recover from misfortune. Adversity is a painful pedagogue.
CHARLES R. SWINDOLL
Growing Strong in the Seasons of Life
He that can heroically endure adversity will bear prosperity with equal greatness of soul; for the mind that cannot be dejected by the former is not likely to be transported with the later.
HENRY FIELDING
attributed, Treasury of Thought
Adversity is wont to reveal genius, prosperity to hide it.
HORACE
Satires
Difficulty shows what men are. Therefore when a difficulty falls upon you, remember that God, like a trainer of wrestlers, has matched you with a rough young man. Why? So that you may become an Olympic conqueror; but it is not accomplished without sweat.
EPICTETUS
Discourses
One of the smartest things you'll ever do in facing any adversity is to ask yourself, "Who else may have had this problem, and what did he do?" Ask around. Don't be afraid to admit that you're in a bind. If you made a mistake, or dropped the ball and found yourself in a difficult situation, don't be afraid to go to someone and admit that you need help. You'll be amazed at the valuable advice that you can get from someone who has already experienced the difficulty that you're going through.
BRIAN TRACY
"Hard Times: Overcoming Adversity", Brian Tracy International