Quotes on Adversity

Harry Potter is about confronting fears, finding inner strength and doing what is right in the face of adversity. Twilight is about how important it is to have a boyfriend.

The art of living lies less in eliminating our troubles than in growing with them.

Be calm and strong and patient. Meet failure and disappointment with courage. Rise superior to the trials of life, and never give in to hopelessness or despair. In danger, in adversity, cling to your principles and ideals. Aequanimitas!

God will not suffer man to have a knowledge of things to come for if he had prescience of his prosperity, he would be careless and if understanding of his adversity, he would be despairing and senseless

Every adversity contains, at the same time, a seed of equivalent opportunity!

There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.

Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.

And I will show that there is no imperfection in the present, and can be none in the future, And I will show that whatever happens to anybody it may be turned to beautiful results.

I am thankful for the adversities, which have crossed my pathway, for they taught me tolerance, sympathy, self-control, perseverance and some other virtues I might never have known.

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.

Some people as a result of adversity are sadder, wiser, kinder, more human. Most of us are better, though, when things go better.

There is no doubt that life is given us, not to be enjoyed, but to be overcome; to be got over.

A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.

When our burdens are grievous to be borne, when we face a world in which it seems that there is only struggle and no rest, I hope we can remember the immense strength of our sisterhood, the reservoirs that we have within us, and the unfailing wellspring of the Savior’s love for us, even in the midst of adversity.

Life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating.

When we give thanks in all things, we see hardships and adversities in the context of the purpose of life.

Our faith, trust, and love are proved and revealed in adversities, that is, in difficult and grievous outward and inward circumstances, during sickness, sorrow, and privations.

Each misfortune you encounter will carry in it the seed of tomorrow's good luck.

The will must be stronger than the skill.

If you see Allah, Mighty and Magnificent, holding back this world from you, frequently trying you with adversity and tribulation, know that you hold a great status with Him. Know that He is dealing with you as He does with His Awliya’ and chosen elite, and is watching over you.

And ye, who have met with Adversity's blast, And been bow'd to the earth by its fury; To whom the Twelve Months, that have recently pass'd Were as harsh as a prejudiced jury - Still, fill to the Future! and join in our chime, The regrets of remembrance to cozen, And having obtained a New Trial of Time, Shout in hopes of a kindlier dozen.