Quotes on Adversity

Affliction comes to us all, not to make us sad, but sober; not to make us sorry, but to make us wise; not to make us despondent, but by its darkness to refresh us as the night refreshes the day; not to impoverish, but to enrich us

As a rule, adversity reveals genius and prosperity hides it

Necessity is an interpretation, not a fact.

Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back upon himself.

To have become a deeper man is the privilege of those who have suffered.

The long, dull, monotonous years of middle-aged prosperity or middle-aged adversity are excellent campaigning weather for the devil.

In adversity, remember to keep an even mind.

In times of stress, be bold and valiant.

Society may be formed so as to exist without crime, without poverty, with health greatly improved, with little, if any misery, and with intelligence and happiness increased a hundredfold; and no obstacle whatsoever intervenes at this moment except ignorance to prevent such a state of society from becoming universal.

Since changes are going on anyway, the great thing is to learn enough about them so that we will be able to lay hold of them and turn them in the direction of our desires. Conditions and events are neither to be fled from nor passively acquiesced in; they are to be utilized and directed.

Great men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.

If you don't have enemies, you don't have character.

The beauty of the soul shines out when a man bears with composure one heavy mischance after another, not because he does not feel them, but because he is a man of high and heroic temper.

When God gets us alone through suffering, heartbreak, temptation, disappointment, sickness, or by thwarted friendship - when He gets us absolutely alone, and we are totally speechless, unable to ask even one question, then He begins to teach us.

Adversity is another way to measure the greatness of individuals. I never had a crisis that didn't make me stronger.

Each success only buys an admission ticket to a more difficult problem.

In times of adversity and change, we really discover who we are and what we're made of.

Israel was not created in order to disappear - Israel will endure and flourish. It is the child of hope and the home of the brave. It can neither be broken by adversity nor demoralized by success. It carries the shield of democracy and it honors the sword of freedom.

Emergencies have always been necessary to progress. It was darkness which produced the lamp. It was fog that produced the compass. It was hunger that drove us to exploration. And it took a depression to teach us the real value of a job.

I have always grown from my problems and challenges, from the things that don't work out, that's when I've really learned.

Flom had the same experience...He didn't triumph over adversity. Instead, what started out as adversity ended up being an opportunity.