Adversity Quotes - Page 36

• A weak mind sinks under prosperity, as well as under adversity.

  Julius Charles Hare

  Mind, Prosperity, Weak

  Julius Charles Hare, Augustus William Hare (1861). “Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers: From the Fifth London Ed”, p.211

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• You're going through college, and you're going to be faced with a lot of things. You're going to face adversity, the main thing is don't quit. For many people it's easy to quit, but don't. That's what separates the winners from the losers, what separates the all-stars from the also-rans.

  Mr. T

  Education, Encouragement, Stars

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• Never let life's hardships disturb you. No one can avoid problems, not even saints or sages.

  Nichiren

  Inspirational, Saint, Sage

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• Men stumble over pebbles, never over mountains.

  H. Emilie Cady

  Men, Mountain, Pebbles

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• When shall it be that we shall taste the sweetness of the Divine Will in all that happens to us, considering in everything only His good pleasure, by whom it is certain that adversity is sent with as much love as prosperity, and as much for our good? When shall we cast ourselves undeservedly into the arms of our most loving Father in Heaven, leaving to Him the care of ourselves and of our affairs, and reserving only the desire of pleasing Him, and of serving Him well in all that we can?

  Jane Frances de Chantal

  Father, Heaven, Leaving

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• No untroubled day has ever dawned for me.

  Seneca the Younger

  Philosophical

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• When was the last fast time you thanked the Lord for a trial or tribulation? Adversity compels us to go to our knees; does gratitude for adversity do that as well?

  Bonnie D. Parkin

  Spiritual, Gratitude, Doe

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• If you can't live through adversity, you'll never be good at what you do. You have to live through the unfair things, and you have to develop the hide to not let it bother you and keep your eyes focused on what you have to do.

  Maurice R. Greenberg

  Eye, Focus, Unfair

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• As the yellow gold is tried in fire, so the faith of friendship must be seen in adversity.

  Ovid

  Honesty, Commitment, Fire

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• If you voluntarily quit in the face of adversity, you'll wonder about it for the rest of your life.

  William J. Clinton

  Commitment, Faces, Rest Of Your Life

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• Remain true to yourself and your philosophy. Changing in the face of adversity will in fact diminish your credibility with your customers.

  Giorgio Armani

  Life, Change, Philosophy

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• By Allah, whenever I endure any adversity I gain four blessings of Allah in exchange. The first of them is, when the adversity is not caused by my sin (virtue is earned). The second, when the adversity is not greater than my sin (virtue is earned). The third, when I am not deprived of contentment (virtue is earned). And the fourth, I hope for virtues thereby.

  Umar

  Wisdom, Islamic, Blessing

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• Adversity is an opportunity for heroism.

  Marv Levy

  Football, Opportunity, Nfl

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• Disappointment and adversity can be catalysts for greatness. There's something particularly exciting about being the hunter, as opposed to the hunted. And that can make for powerful energy.

  Cathy Freeman

  Leadership, Powerful, Disappointment

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• No matter what sort of adversity or challenge you might face, you can always believe that, with hope, it can be conquered and, in the end, you will be stronger for it.

  Brooke Ellison

  Being Strong, Encouraging, Hope

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• He that has never suffered extreme adversity knows not the full extent of his own depravation.

  Charles Caleb Colton

  Extremes, Knows

  Charles Caleb Colton (1824). “Lacon, Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think”, p.23

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• I can deal with adversity.

  Mike Tyson

  Deals, I Can

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• Prosperity asks for fidelity; adversity exacts it.

  Seneca the Younger

  Prosperity, Fidelity, Asks

  "Agamemnon". Book by Seneca the Younger, 934,

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• Adversity is solitary, while prosperity dwells in a crowd

  Margaret of Valois

  Success, Crowds, Prosperity

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• Adversity toughens manhood, and the characteristic of the good or the great man is not that he has been exempt from the evils of life, but that he has surmounted them.

  Patrick Henry

  Men, Evil, Characteristics

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• Unless you have a definite, precise, clearly set goals, you are not going to realize the maximum potential that lies within you.

  Zig Ziglar

  Life, Success, Leadership

  FaceBook post by Zig Ziglar from Sep 16, 2014

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• It will always hurt to be laughed at, snubbed, ignored or attacked by others. But I would remind you that the human personality grows through adversity, provided it is not crushed in the process.

  James Dobson

  Hurt, Personality, Ignored

  Dr. James Dobson (2015). “Building Confidence in Your Child”, p.63, Revell

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• No man ought to lay a cross upon himself, or to adopt tribulation, as is done in popedom; but if a cross or tribulation come upon him, then let him suffer it patiently, and know that it is good and profitable for him.

  Martin Luther

  Men, Suffering, Done

  Martin Luther, Alexander Chalmers (1857). “The Table Talk of Martin Luther”, p.270

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• Without that innate sense of human worth, a man cannot long endure adversity, nor can he long enjoy prosperity.

  Confucius

  Happy Life, Men, Long

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• Adversity does not make us frail; it only shows us how frail we are.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Doe, Frail, Shows

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