Quotes on Adversity

No untroubled day has ever dawned for me.

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

Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.

A true champion is not judged by how much he or she is admired, but by how well they can stand at the face of adversity.

Everyone goes through adversity in life, but what matters is how you learn from it.

I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing.

I'm not fearful for myself, because I've seen adversity, and I can see it again. But I feel very upset and anguished when I see images of young lawyers beaten up.

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

If there were no night, we would not appreciate the day, nor could we see the stars and the vastness of the heavens. We must partake of the bitter with the sweet. There is a divine purpose in the adversities we encounter every day. They prepare, they purge, they purify, and thus they bless.

Ignorance of one's misfortunes is clear gain.

It is under the greatest adversity that there exists the greatest potential for doing good, both for oneself and others.

I didn't care what, how much adversity life threw at me. I intended to get to the top.

The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity.

As days lengthen into weeks and months and even years of adversity, the hurt grows deeper. The Church cannot hope to save a man on Sunday if during the week it is a complacent witness to the crucifixion of his soul.

Constant success shows us but one side of the world; adversity brings out the reverse of the picture.

Mishaps are like knives, that either serve us or cut us, as we grasp them by the blade or the handle.

There is in every true woman's heart, a spark of heavenly fire, which lies dormant in the broad daylight of prosperity, but which kindles up and beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity.

In every adversity there lies the seed of an equivalent advantage. In every defeat is a lesson showing you how to win the victory next time.

If we had not winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.

men are undoubtedly more in danger from prosperity than from adversity. for when matters go smoothly, they flatter themselves, and are intoxicated by their success

Above all, don’t fear difficult moments. The best comes from them