Adversity Quotes - Page 27

• originality and a feeling of one's own dignity are achieved only through work and struggle.

  Fyodor Dostoevsky

  Self Esteem, Struggle, Feelings

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• 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

  John Calvin

  Men, Matter, Prosperity

  John Calvin (2012). “Commentary on Isaiah”, p.670, Ravenio Books

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• We must face the fact that the United States is neither omnipotent nor omniscient, that we cannot impose our will upon the other 94 percent of mankind, that we cannot right every wrong or reverse every adversity, and that therefore there cannot be an American solution to every world problem.

  John F. Kennedy

  Faces, Facts, United States

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• Flom had the same experience...He didn't triumph over adversity. Instead, what started out as adversity ended up being an opportunity.

  Malcolm Gladwell

  Opportunity, Triumph, Triumph Over Adversity

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• I have always grown from my problems and challenges, from the things that don't work out, that's when I've really learned.

  Carol Burnett

  Wrestling, Work Out, Starting Over

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• I had been seasoned by adversity, and tutored by experience, and I longed to redeem my lost honour in the eyes of those whose opinion was more than that of all the world to me.

  Anne Bronte

  Eye, World, Opinion

  Anne Bronte (2012). “Agnes Grey”, p.38, Courier Corporation

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• The common bond of humanity and decency that we share is stronger than any conflict, any adversity. Fighting for your convictions is important. But finding peace is paramount. Knowing when to fight and when to seek peace is wisdom. Ubuntu was right.

  Wes Moore

  Fighting, Ubuntu, Knowing

  Wes Moore (2010). “The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates”, p.168, Spiegel & Grau

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• optimism, n. The doctrine, or belief, that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly, everything good, especially the bad, and everything right that is wrong. It is held with greatest tenacity by those most accustomed to the mischance of falling into adversity, and is most acceptably expounded with disproof - an intellectual disorder, yielding to no treatment but death. It is hereditary, but fortunately not contagious.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Beautiful, Fall, Optimism

  Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.175, University of Georgia Press

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• Yes," answered Sara, nodding. "Adversity tries people, and mine has tried you and proved how nice you are.

  Frances Hodgson Burnett

  Nice, People, Trying

  Frances Hodgson Burnett (2012). “A Little Princess”, p.110, Collector's Library

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• Successful and unsuccessful people do not vary greatly in their abilities. They vary in their desires to reach their potential.

  John C. Maxwell

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

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• The knowledge that you have emerged wiser and stronger from setbacks means that you are, ever after, secure in your ability to survive. You will never truly know yourself, or the strength of your relationships, until both have been tested by adversity. Such knowledge is a true gift, for all that it is painfully won, and it has been worth more than any qualification I ever earned.

  J. K. Rowling

  Mean, Stronger, Ever After

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• In times of adversity and change, we really discover who we are and what we're made of.

  Howard Schultz

  Who We Are, Made, Times Of Adversity

  Howard Schultz (2011). “Onward: How Starbucks Fought for Its Life Without Losing Its Soul”, p.200, Rodale

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• Dear friends, may no adversity paralyze you. Be afraid neither of the world, nor of the future, nor of your weakness. The Lord has allowed you to live in this moment of history so that, by your faith, his name will continue to resound throughout the world.

  Pope Benedict XVI

  Names, Weakness, World

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• A soul is forged in the fires of adversity, not comfort.

  Jana Oliver

  Fire, Soul, Comfort

  Jana Oliver (2013). “Demon Trappers 1-3: Forsaken, Forbidden, Forgiven”, p.741, Pan Macmillan

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• These really are our days, and we can prevail and overcome, even in the midst of trends that are very disturbing. If we are faithful the day will come when those deserving pioneers and ancestors, whom we rightly praise for having overcome the adversities in the wilderness trek, will praise today’s faithful for having made their way successfully through a desert of despair and for having passed through a cultural wilderness, while still keeping the faith.

  Neal A. Maxwell

  Lds, Faithful, Despair

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• When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm’s all about.

  Haruki Murakami

  Change, Encouraging, Uplifting

  FaceBook post by Haruki Murakami from May 21, 2014

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• No stars gleam as brightly as those which glisten in the polar sky. No water tastes so sweet as that which springs amid the desert sand. And no faith is so precious as that which lives and triumphs through adversity. Tested faith brings experience. You would never have believed your own weakness had you not needed to pass through trials. And you would never have known God’s strength had His strength not been needed to carry you through.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Sweet, Stars, Spring

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• The human spirit is as expansive as the cosmos. This is why it is so tragic to belittle yourself or to question your worth. No matter what happens, continue to push back the boundaries of your inner life. The confidence to prevail over any problem, the strength to overcome adversity and unbounded hope — all reside within you.

  Daisaku Ikeda

  Overcoming, Cosmos, Matter

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• 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.

  Stephen King

  Twilight, Inner Strength, Important

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I am the happiest man alive. I have that in me that can convert poverty to riches, adversity to prosperity, and I am more invulnerable than Archilles; Fortune hath not one place to hit me.

  Thomas Browne

  Men, Alive, Riches

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• What do you think my chances might be of finding a soul mate in the group of you? I'll be lucky if I can just find someone who'll be able to stand me for the rest of our lives. What if I've already sent her home because I was relying on some sort of spark I didn't feel? What if she's waiting to leave me at the first sign of adversity? What if I don't find anyone at all? What do I do then, America?

  Kiera Cass

  Soulmate, Home, Good Luck

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• Wealth is certainly a most desirable thing, but poverty has its sunny side, and one of the sweet uses of adversity is the genuine satisfaction which comes from hearty work of head or hand, and to the inspiration of necessity, we owe half the wise, beautiful, and useful blessings of the world.

  Louisa May Alcott

  Beautiful, Wise, Sweet

  Louisa May Alcott (2000). “The Portable Louisa May Alcott”, p.389, Penguin

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• If, by happiness, you mean the absence of adversity I and all fabricants are the happiest stratum in corpocracy as genomicists insist. However, if happiness means the conquest of adversity or a sense of purpose, or the xercise of one’s will to power, then of all Nea So Copros’s slaves we surely are the most miserable.

  David Mitchell

  Mean, Purpose, Miserable

  David Mitchell (2008). “Cloud Atlas: A Novel”, p.188, Random House

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  This country will not be a good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a good place for all of us to live in.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Inspiring, Country, 4th Of July

  Theodore Roosevelt, Paul H. Jeffers (1998). “The Bully Pulpit: A Teddy Roosevelt Book of Quotations”, p.63, Taylor Trade Publications

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• Funny,’ Will said, as they picked their way through. ‘Things are absolutely awful and yet people look much happier than usual. Look at them all. Bubbling.’ ‘They are English,’ Merriman said. ‘Quite right,’ said Will’s father. ‘Splendid in adversity, tedious when safe. Never content, in fact. We’re an odd lot….

  Susan Cooper

  Father, People, Usual

  Susan Cooper (2007). “The Dark Is Rising”, p.174, Simon and Schuster

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