Adversity Quotes

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  The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Strength to Love (1963) ch. 3

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• Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.

  Helen Keller

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Helen Keller (1957). “The Open Door”, Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday

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• Let us not be surprised when we have to face difficulties. When the wind blows hard on a tree, the roots stretch and grow the stronger, Let it be so with us. Let us not be weaklings, yielding to every wind that blows, but strong in spirit to resist.

  Amy Carmichael

  Inspirational, Strength, Being Strong

  Amy Carmichael (1955). “Edges of His Ways: Daily Devotional Notes”, p.30, CLC Publications

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• When you believe that your problem is caused by someone or something else, you become your own victim.

  Byron Katie

  Inspirational, Believe, Deep Thought

  Twitter post from Sep 06, 2015

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• No pressure, no diamonds.

  Thomas Carlyle

  Uplifting, Good Life, Failure

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• Achievers rarely, if ever, see a problem as permanent,while those who fail see even the smallest problems as permanent

  Tony Robbins

  Failure, Achievement, Obstacles

  Twitter post from Feb 01, 2017

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• A person's true nature is revealed at times of the greatest adversity.

  Daisaku Ikeda

  Persons, True Nature

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• A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends desert us; when trouble thickens around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts.

  Washington Irving

  Best Friend, Family, Mothers Day

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• Adversity tests the sincerity of friends

  Aesop

  Tests, Sincerity

  Aesop (2014). “Aesop's Fables”, p.54, Penguin

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• Too many parents make life hard for their children by trying, too zealously, to make it easy for them.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Inspirational, Motivational, Children

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• Misfortune can force you into doing things you should be doing anyway. Lessons come from adversity. Anything can happen to anyone... You can find a new lease on life - more meaning than you thought possible in simple things... Let go. Live in the moment. Go forward.

  Christopher Reeve

  Letting Go, Simple, Live In The Moment

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• Enjoy the successes that you have, and don't be too hard on yourself when you don't do well. Too many times we beat up on ourselves. Just relax and enjoy it

  Patty Sheehan

  Success, Sports, Failure

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• Many of our problems are blessings in disguise.

  O. Leslie Stone

  Blessing, Problem, Disguise

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• In the face of adversity, hope often comes in the form of a friend who reaches out to us.

  Christopher Reeve

  Faces, Form, Reach Out

  Christopher Reeve (2002). “Nothing is impossible: reflections on a new life”

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• A true measure of an entrepreneur / successful-person is how they deal with adversity.

  Noah Kagan

  Successful, Entrepreneur, Deals

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• Adversity does not build character,it reveals it

  James Lane Allen

  Character, Doe, Adversity And Character

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• Seek advice, but make sure it's from someone who has successfully handled mistakes or adversities.

  John C. Maxwell

  Leadership, Mistake, Failure

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• They gave our Master a crown of thorns, why do we hope for a crown of roses?

  Martin Luther

  Christian, Rose, Crowns

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• Pursue your goals even in the face of difficulties, and convert adversities into opportunities.

  Dhirubhai Ambani

  Inspirational, Powerful, Opportunity

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• Your real courage shows best in the hour of adversity.

  Napoleon Hill

  Real, Hours, Shows

  Napoleon Hill, Judith Williamson (2008). “Timeless Thoughts for Today”, p.120, Jaico Publishing House

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• Why do we dread adversity when we know that facing it is the only way to become stronger, smarter, better?

  John Wooden

  Stronger, Way, Dread

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• Most people, once they graduate from the School of Hard Knocks, automatically enroll in the University of Adversity.

  Peter McWilliams

  Inspirational, School, People

  John-Roger, Peter McWilliams (1991). “Life 101: everything we wish we had learned about life in school -- but didn't”

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• If I lose a billion dollars, I will have it back in less than five years.

  Henry Ford

  Years, Overcoming, Dollars

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• Most people can bear adversity. But if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power.

  Robert Green Ingersoll

  Inspirational, Men, People

  Robert Green Ingersoll (1907). “The works of Robert G. Ingersoll”, p.680, Library of Alexandria

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• Out of adversity comes opportunity.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Opportunity

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