Quotes on Adversity

No matter what you’re going through there's no pit so deep that God can’t reach in and get you out.

True character arises from a deeper well than religion. It is the internalization of moral principles of a society, augmented by those tenets personally chosen by the individual, strong enough to endure through trials of solitude and adversity. The principles are fitted together into what we call integrity, literally the integrated self, wherein personal decisions feel good and true. Character is in turn the enduring source of virtue. It stands by itself and excites admiration in others.

Never let life's hardships disturb you. No one can avoid problems, not even saints or sages.

Victory is always possible for the person who refuses to stop fighting.

You become a champion by fighting one more round. When things are tough, you fight one more round.

Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man; but for one man who can stand prosperity, there are a hundred that will stand adversity.

Acceptance of one's life has nothing to do with resignation; it does not mean running away from the struggle. On the contrary, it means accepting it as it comes, with all the handicaps of heredity, of suffering, of psychological complexes and injustices.

Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this.

Much that we call evil is really good in disguises; and we should not quarrel rashly with adversities not yet understood, nor overlook the mercies often bound up in them.

Being challenged in life is inevitable, being defeated is optional.

The misfortune of the wise is better than the prosperity of the fool.

Men need to know the elemental challenges that sea and mountains present. They need to know what it is to be alive and to survive when great storms come. They need to unlock the secrets of streams, lakes, and canyons and to find how these treasures are veritable storehouses of inspiration. They must experience the sense of mastery of adversity. They must find a peak or a ridge that they can reach under their own power alone.

Mistakes are the portals of discovery.

Many successful people have found opportunities in failure and adversity that they could not recognize in more favorable circumstances.

He who knows no hardships will know no hardihood. He who faces no calamity will need no courage. Mysterious though it is, the characteristics in human nature which we love best grow in a soil with a strong mixture of troubles.

It is often during the worst of times that we see the best of humanity–awakening within the most ordinary of us that which is most sublime. I do not believe that it is circumstance that produces such greatness any more than it is the canvas that makes the artist. Adversity merely presents the surface on which we render our souls’ most exacting likeness. It is in the darkest skies that stars are best seen.

Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.

You have come into a hard world. I know of only one easy place in it, and that is the grave.

Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.

If you're in trouble, or hurt or need - go to the poor people. They're the only ones that'll help - the only ones.

Gratitude brings a peace that helps us overcome the pain of adversity and failure. Gratitude on a daily basis means we express appreciation for what we have now without qualification for what we had in the past or desire in the future. A recognition of and appreciation for our gifts and talents which have been given also allows us to acknowledge the need for help and assistance from the gifts and talents possessed by others.