Adversity Quotes - Page 25

• Every great man, every successful man, no matter what the field of endeavor, has known the magic that lies in these words: every adversity has the seed of an equivalent or greater benefit.

  W. Clement Stone

  Success, Lying, Men

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• For a lot of people, Superman is and has always been America's hero. He stands for what we believe is the best within us: limitless strength tempered by compassion, that can bear adversity and emerge stronger on the other side. He stands for what we all feel we would like to be able to stand for, when standing is hardest.

  J. Michael Straczynski

  Believe, Hero, Compassion

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• If you shut your door to all errors truth will be shut out.

  Rabindranath Tagore

  Inspirational, Motivational, Truth

  "Stray Birds".

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• Each generation has to stand up for democracy. It can't take anything for granted and may have to fight fundamental battles anew.

  Margaret Thatcher

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  "Why democracy will last". Margaret Thatcher's second Carlton Lecture at the Carlton Club in central London, www.margaretthatcher.org. November 26, 1984.

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

  Ted Turner

  Care

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• Drag your thoughts away from your troubles... by the ears, by the heels, or any other way you can manage it.

  Mark Twain

  Good Life, Cancer, Positive Thinking

  Mark Twain, Charles Dudley Warner “The Writings of Mark Twain [pseud.]: The American claimant and other stories and sketches”

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• The way to succeed is to double your error rate.

  Thomas J. Watson

  Motivation, Failure, Inspiration

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• Courage is being scared to death... and saddling up anyway.

  John Wayne

  Veterans Day, Courage, Fear

  John Wayne, Carol Lea Mueller (2007). “The Quotable John Wayne: The Grit and Wisdom of an American Icon”, p.34, Taylor Trade Publications

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• Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you.

  Charlotte Whitton

  Inspirational, Hope, Nature

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

  Oscar Wilde

  Funny, Life, Witty

  Oscar Wilde (2012). “Epigrams”, p.37, BoD – Books on Demand

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• The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.

  Woodrow Wilson

  Strength, Perseverance, Caring

  Woodrow Wilson (2012). “The New Freedom A Call For the Emancipation of the Generous Energies of a People”, p.60, tredition

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• In time of difficulties, we must not lose sight of our achievements.

  Mao Zedong

  Hard Work, Sight, Achievement

  Zedong Mao (1967). “The Thoughts of Chairman Mao Tsê-tung”

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• To perceive is to suffer.

  Aristotle

  Life, Depression, Education

  Aristotle (2004). “The Works of Aristotle: Aristotle on the parts & progressive motion of animals, the problems, on indivisible lines to which is added Thomas Taylor's The elements of the true arithmetic of infinites”

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• On a busy day twenty-two thousand people come to visit Santa, and I was told that it is an elf's lot to remain merry in the face of torment and adversity. I promised to keep that in mind.

  David Sedaris

  Christmas, Two, People

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• To live is to war with trolls.

  Henrik Ibsen

  War, Troll

  Henrik Ibsen (1972). “The Oxford Ibsen: Brand. Peer Gynt”

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• Real integrity stays in place whether the test in adversity or prosperity.

  Charles R. Swindoll

  Integrity, Real, Tests

  Charles R. Swindoll (2000). “Character Counts: Build a Life That Pleases God”

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• Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.

  James A. Baldwin

  Inspirational, Change, Leadership

  "As Much Truth As One Can Bear". The New York Times Book Review, January 14, 1962.

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• How different our lives are when we really know what is deeply important to us, and keeping that picture in mind, we manage ourselves each day to be and to do what really matters most.

  Stephen Covey

  Inspirational, Love Life, Mind

  Stephen R. Covey (2004). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change”, p.98, Simon and Schuster

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• Sometimes we get through adversity only by imagining what the world might be like if our dreams should ever come true.

  Arthur Golden

  Dream, World, Might

  Arthur Golden (2008). “Memoirs Of A Geisha”, p.370, Random House

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• Who wants to die? Everything struggles to live. Look at that tree growing up there out of that grating. It gets no sun, and water only when it rains. It's growing out of sour earth. And it's strong because its hard struggle to live is making it strong. My children will be strong that way.

  Betty Smith

  Strength, Strong, Children

  BETTY SMITH (1943). “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn”

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

  Dalai Lama

  Love, Inspirational, Family

  His Holiness The Dalai Lama (1998). “Path To Tranquility”, p.17, Penguin Books India

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• We live in a day when the adversary stresses on every hand the philosophy of instant gratification. We seem to demand instant everything, including instant solutions to our problems. . .It was meant to be that life would be a challenge. To suffer some anxiety, some depression, some disappointment, even some failure is normal.

  Boyd K. Packer

  Disappointment, Philosophy, Stress

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• If our testimonies are strong onthis point and if we feel the absolute assurance that God loves us, we will change our questons. We won't ask, 'Why did this happen?' or 'Why doesn't God care about me?' Instead, our questions will become, 'What can I learn from this experience?' or 'How does the Lord want me to handle this?

  John Bytheway

  Strong, Doe, Care

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• It is often during the worst of times that we see the best of humanity–awakening within the most ordinary of us that which is most sublime. I do not believe that it is circumstance that produces such greatness any more than it is the canvas that makes the artist. Adversity merely presents the surface on which we render our souls’ most exacting likeness. It is in the darkest skies that stars are best seen.

  Richard Paul Evans

  Stars, Believe, Artist

  FaceBook post by Richard Paul Evans from Aug 23, 2010

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• Usually life’s greatest gifts come wrapped in adversity.

  Richard Paul Evans

  Greatest Gifts

  Richard Paul Evans (2006). “Finding Noel: A Novel”, p.178, Simon and Schuster

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