Quotes on Adversity

The apprenticeship of difficulty is one which the greatest of men have had to serve.

You may not know it, but at the far end of despair, there is a white clearing where one is almost happy.

Just as so many rivers, so many showers of rain from above, so many medicinal springs do not alter the taste of the sea, so the pressure of adversity does not affect the mind of the brave man. For it maintains its balance, and over all that happens it throws its own complexion, because it is more powerful than external circumstances.

A certain amount of opposition is a great help to a man. Kites rise against, not with, the wind.

Adversity isn't an obstacle that we need to get around in order to resume living our life. It's part of our life.

Adversity is wont to reveal genius, prosperity to hide it.

We say, sorrow, disaster, calamity. God says, chastening and it sounds sweet to him though it is a discord to our ears. Don't faint when you are rebuked, and don't despise the chastening of the Lord. In your patience possess your souls.

The willow which bends to the tempest often escapes better than the oak which resists it.

Adversity does not make us frail; it only shows us how frail we are.

Without that innate sense of human worth, a man cannot long endure adversity, nor can he long enjoy prosperity.

No man ought to lay a cross upon himself, or to adopt tribulation, as is done in popedom; but if a cross or tribulation come upon him, then let him suffer it patiently, and know that it is good and profitable for him.

A heart well prepared for adversity in bad times hopes, and in good times fears for a change in fortune.

Remain true to yourself and your philosophy. Changing in the face of adversity will in fact diminish your credibility with your customers.

Often times God demonstrates His faithfulness in adversity by providing for us what we need to survive. He does not change our painful circumstances. He sustains us through them.

Disability is not a brave struggle or 'courage in the face of adversity.' Disability is an art. It's an ingenious way to live.

It is the character of a brave and resolute man not to be ruffled by adversity and not to desert his post.

It was the transcendent fortitude and steadfastness of these men who in adversity and in suffering through the darkest hour of our history held faithful to an ideal. Here men endured that a nation might live.

Adversity often produces an unexpected opportunity. Look for it ! Appreciate and utilize it! This is difficult to do if you're feeling sorry for yourself because you're faced with adversity.

If thou art willing to suffer no adversity, how wilt thou be the friend of Christ?

If we are forced, at every hour, to watch or listen to horrible events, this constant stream of ghastly impressions will deprive even the most delicate among us of all respect for humanity.

We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right." "True happiness is ... to enjoy the present" "It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.