Adversity Quotes - Page 19

• Adversity is the trial of principle. Without it, a man hardly knows whether he is honest or not.

  Henry Fielding

  Inspirational, Men, Trials

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• There's nothing that cleanses your soul like getting the hell kicked out of you.

  Woody Hayes

  Football, Motivational Sports, College

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• Everybody should do at least two things each day that he hates to do, just for practice.

  William James

  Inspirational, Life, Hate

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• Some luck lies in not getting what you thought you wanted but getting what you have.

  Garrison Keillor

  Giving Up, Lying, Good Luck

  "Lake Wobegon Days". Book by Garrison Keillor, 1985.

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• Have the courage to face a difficulty lest it kick you harder than you bargain for.

  Stanisław I Leszczyński

  Life, Faces, Kick Ass

  François duc de La Rochefoucauld, Stanisław I Leszczyński (King of Poland) (1851). “Moral Reflections, Sentences and Maxims of Francis, Duc de la Rochefoucauld”, p.184

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• If you can't change it.. change the way you think about it

  Mary Engelbreit

  Inspirational, Change, Attitude

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• Man learns through experience, and the spiritual path is full of different kinds of experiences. He will encounter many difficulties and obstacles, and they are the very experiences he needs to encourage and complete the cleansing process.

  Sai Baba

  Spiritual, Encouragement, Learning

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  The one thing that can solve most of our problems is dancing.

  James Brown

  Happiness, Dance, Issues

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• People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.

  Nhat Hanh

  Moving On, Depression, Letting Go

  Joseph Emet, Thich Nhat Hanh (2015). “Mindfulness Meditation: For a Quieter Mind, Self-Awareness and Healthy Living”, p.125, Souvenir Press

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• All the world is full of suffering. It is also full of overcoming.

  Helen Keller

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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

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• If you're in trouble, or hurt or need - go to the poor people. They're the only ones that'll help - the only ones.

  John Steinbeck

  Hurt, Helping Others, Compassion

  John Steinbeck (2016). “The Grapes of Wrath”, p.303, Hamilton Books

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• Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one

  Bruce Lee

  Inspirational, Life, Strength

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  One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful.

  Sigmund Freud

  Inspirational, Positive, Happiness

  Sigmund Freud, Ernst L. Freud (1960). “Letters of Sigmund Freud”, p.258, Courier Corporation

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• In what language does rain fall over tormented cities?

  Pablo Neruda

  Life, Rain, Fall

  Pablo Neruda (2001). “Libro de Las Preguntas”, p.66, Copper Canyon Press

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• There is hardship in everything except eating pancakes.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Funny, Encouraging, Humorous

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• Sooner or later, everyone's story has an unfortunate event or two...The solution, of course, is to stay as far away from the world as possible and lead a safe, simple life.

  Daniel Handler

  Inspirational Life, Live Life, Hard Times

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• Sometimes I get so caught up in my own problems that I forget how amazing the world is.

  Wendelin Van Draanen

  World, Problem, Sometimes

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• Things end. People leave. And you know what? Life goes on. Besides, if bad things didn't happen, how would you be able to feel the good ones?

  Elizabeth Scott

  Inspirational, Life, Positive

  Elizabeth Scott (2010). “Perfect You”, p.276, Simon and Schuster

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• No matter what you’re going through there's no pit so deep that God can’t reach in and get you out.

  Joyce Meyer

  God, Faith, Christian

  Twitter post from Apr 7, 2012

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

  Seneca the Younger

  Inspirational, Success, Courage

  "De Providentia" by Marcus Fabius Quintilianus as reported in "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, p. 9-10., 1922.

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• Initially, I know that I handled it worse than she did and I think partly because I've always been... every bit of adversity I've faced up until the last year and a half is adversity I brought upon myself - or the opposing teams have given me.

  Brett Favre

  Sports, Team, Thinking

  "Sunday Conversation: Brett Favre". Interview with Suzy Kolber, www.espn.com. November 24, 2004.

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• Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater.

  William Hazlitt

  Education, Teacher, Money

  William Hazlitt (1839). “Sketches and Essays”, p.298

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• Let me embrace thee, sour adversity, for wise men say it is the wisest course.

  William Shakespeare

  Inspirational, Wise, Men

  William Shakespeare, Michael Hattaway (1993). “The Third Part of King Henry VI”, p.129, Cambridge University Press

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• In adversity, remember to keep an even mind.

  Horace

  Inspirational, Motivational, Challenges

  "Odes". Book by Horace, Book II, ode iii, line 1, c. 23 BC and 13 BC).

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• Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.

  Dale Carnegie

  Love, Inspirational, Funny

  Dale Carnegie (2017). “How to enjoy your life and your job”, p.102, Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd

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