Adversity Quotes - Page 39

• I am unpersuaded that relative poverty and hard work are greater adversities than relative affluence and free time.

  Dallin H. Oaks

  Hard Work, Poverty, Affluence

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• When we give thanks in all things, we see hardships and adversities in the context of the purpose of life... We are meant to learn and grow through opposition, through meeting our challenges, and through teaching others to do the same... the Lord will not only consecrate our afflictions for our gain, but He will use them to bless the lives of countless others.

  Dallin H. Oaks

  Teaching, Giving, Challenges

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• Adversities are temporary. What is permanent is what we become by the way we react to them.

  Dallin H. Oaks

  Way, Permanent, Temporary

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• If we do not have a deep foundation of faith and a solid testimony of truth, we may have difficulty withstanding the harsh storms and icy winds of adversity which inevitably come to each of us.

  Thomas S. Monson

  Wind, Storm, Foundation

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• It is often in the trial of adversity that we learn those most critical lessons that form our character and shape our destiny.

  Dieter F. Uchtdorf

  Character, Destiny, Trials

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• In times of uncertainty there is a special breed of warrior ready to answer our Nation’s call; a common man with uncommon desire to succeed. Forged by adversity, he stands alongside America’s finest special operations forces to serve his country and the American people, and to protect their way of life. I am that man.

  Marcus Luttrell

  Country, Warrior, Men

  Marcus Luttrell, Patrick Robinson (2010). “Lone Survivor: The Incredible True Story of Navy SEALs Under Siege”, p.8, Hachette UK

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• Out of defeat can come the best in human nature. As Christians face storms of adversity, they may rise with more beauty. They are like trees that grow on mountain ridges -- battered by winds, yet trees in which we find the strongest wood.

  Billy Graham

  Christian, Wind, Tree

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• Everyone goes through adversity in life, but what matters is how you learn from it.

  Lou Holtz

  What Matters, Adversity In Life, Matter

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• Rejoice in liberating moments of victory when conflicts, trials, and adversity fall momentarily under your command.

  Wes Fesler

  Fall, Victory, Trials

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• A team divided against itself can break down at any moment. The least bit of pressure or adversity will crack it apart

  Bill Parcells

  Basketball, Team, Nba

  Bill Parcells (1995). “Finding a Way to Win: The Principles of Leadership, Teamwork, and Motivation”, Doubleday Books

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• You should always want your coach to be critical. It gives you an opportunity to learn and to overcome adversity

  Steve Nash

  Basketball, Opportunity, Nba

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• My policy is to learn from the past, focus on the present, and dream about the future. I'm a firm believer in learning from adversity. Often the worst of times can turn to your advantage - my life is a study of that.

  Donald Trump

  Dream, Past, Focus

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• Gloom and despondency have never defeated adversity. Trying times need courage and resilience. Our strength as a people is not tested during the best of times.

  Thabo Mbeki

  People, Resilience, Trying

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• Adversity in life teaches you.

  Tony Gonzalez

  Adversity In Life, Teach, Life Teaches

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• The professional conducts his business in the real world. Adversity, injustice, bad hops and rotten calls, even good breaks and lucky bounces all comprise the ground over which the campaign must be waged. The field is level, the professional understands, only in heaven.

  Steven Pressfield

  Real, Heaven, Fields

  Steven Pressfield (2002). “The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles”, p.81, Black Irish Entertainment LLC

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• Never befriend the oppressed unless you are prepared to take on the oppressor.

  Ogden Nash

  Loyalty, Prepared, Oppressed

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• To see a man fearless in dangers, untainted with lusts, happy in adversity, composed in a tumult, and laughing at all those things which are generally either coveted or feared, all men must acknowledge that this can be from nothing else but a beam of divinity that influences a mortal body.

  Seneca the Younger

  Laughter, Men, Laughing

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• When you face adversity . . . don't' ask: Why does this have to happen to me? Why do I have to suffer this, now? What have I done to cause this? Rather ask: What am I to do? What am I to learn from this experience? What am I to change? Whom am I to help? How can I remember my many blessings in times of trial?

  Richard G. Scott

  Learning, Blessing, Suffering

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• Behind every dark cloud there is an every-shining sun. Just wait. In time, the cloud will pass.

  Marianne Williamson

  Optimistic, Dark, Clouds

  FaceBook post by Marianne Williamson from Nov 22, 2010

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• The past is not clinging to you; YOU are clinging to the past. Once you are not clinging, the past simply EVAPORATES!

  Rajneesh

  Past, Overcoming, Clinging

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• Do you realize that your life at this very moment is the result of everything that you have ever thought , done , believed , or felt up until now ? You can start right now to consciously and deliberately attract whatever you desire in this lifetime.

  Jack Canfield

  Desire, Overcoming, Done

  Jack Canfield, D. D. Watkins (2007). “Jack Canfield's Key to Living the Law of Attraction: A Simple Guide to Creating the Life of Your Dreams”, p.13, Health Communications, Inc.

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• Miracles arise from conviction. Be convicted about these things: Miracles can happen. Miracles do happen. Love makes them happen.

  Marianne Williamson

  Miracle, Overcoming, Conviction

  FaceBook post by Marianne Williamson from Jan 05, 2010

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• Stop telling it like it is and start telling it like you WANT it to be!

  Esther Hicks

  Overcoming, Want, Like You

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• You find out your mistakes from an audience that pays admission.

  Edgar Bergen

  Mistake, Overcoming, Pay

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• You can sit there forever, lamenting about how bad you've been, feeling guilty until you die, and not one tiny slice of that guilt will do anything to change a single thing in the past. Forgive yourself, then MOVE ON!

  Wayne Dyer

  Moving, Past, Forever

  FaceBook post by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer from Jan 30, 2012

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