Adversity Quotes - Page 40

• The measure of human character is our reaction to dark times. No one can sidestep darkness. It is the throne upon which light sits. If a soul has not known sadness and struggle, there is no chance of overcoming, no cherishing the dawn.

  David Wolpe

  Struggle, Character, Sadness

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• Adversity is the source of our deepest growth and greatest blessings; embrace it, dare to seek it.

  Aron Ralston

  Inspirational, Greatness, Blessing

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• The whole duty of man is embraced in the two principles of abstinence and patience: temperance in prosperity, and patient courage in adversity.

  Seneca the Younger

  Men, Two, Principles

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• Never give up! If adversity presses, Providence wisely has mingled the cup, And the best counsel, in all your distresses, Is the stout watchword of "Never give up."

  Martin Farquhar Tupper

  Giving Up, Cups, Providence

  Martin Farquhar Tupper (1863). “Cithara: a selection from the lyrics of M. F. Tupper”, p.48

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• Without goodness a man cannot endure adversity for long, nor can he enjoy prosperity for long. The good man is naturally at ease with goodness. The wise man cultivates goodness for its advantage.

  Confucius

  Wise, Men, Long

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• These studies are a spur to the young, a delight to the old: an ornament in prosperity, a consoling refuge in adversity; they are pleasure for us at home, and no burden abroad; they stay up with us at night, they accompany us when we travel, they are with us in our country visits.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Country, Home, Night

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• CUNNING, n. The faculty that distinguishes a weak animal or person from a strong one. It brings its possessor much mental satisfaction and great material adversity. An Italian proverb says: "The furrier gets the skins of more foxes than asses."

  Ambrose Bierce

  Strong, Animal, Italian

  Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.38, 谷月社

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• If there is a purpose in life at all, there must be a purpose in suffering and in dying. But no man can tell another what this purpose is. Each must find out for himself, and must accept the responsibility that his answer prescribes. If he succeeds he will continue to grow in spite of all indignities.

  Gordon Allport

  Responsibility, Men, Challenges

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• Adversity is a severe instructor, set over us by one who knows us better than we do ourselves, as he loves us better too. He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper. This conflict with difficulty makes us acquainted with our object, and compels us to consider it in all its relations. It will not suffer us to be superficial.

  Edmund Burke

  Skills, Challenges, Suffering

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• Don't be disquieted in time of adversity. Be firm with dignity and self-reliant with vigor.

  Chiang Kai-shek

  Self, Challenges, Vigor

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• Some people as a result of adversity are sadder, wiser, kinder, more human. Most of us are better, though, when things go better.

  Malcolm Forbes

  People, Challenges, Results

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• It is not every calamity that is a curse, and early adversity is often a blessing. Surmounted difficulties not only teach, but hearten us in our future struggles.

  James Sharp

  Struggle, Blessing, Challenges

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• We can bear the heavy load without asking to have it lightened. We can keep the sorrow now and endure it. We can go on in quiet peace without the new blessing which we thought so necessary. We have not been saved from the battle we shrank so from entering, but we have sought and have gained the victory.

  J.R. Miller

  Blessing, Sorrow, Victory

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• Braving obstacles and hardships is braver than retreat to tranquility.

  Khalil Gibran

  Hardship, Retreat, Obstacles

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• The difference between men who succeed or fail is their ability to handle pressure.

  Edwin Louis Cole

  Men, Differences, Pressure

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• Never has our nation , or our world, stood on the precipice of adversity in such dire need of men answering the cry to rule well.

  Tony Evans

  Men, Our World, Needs

  Tony Evans (2012). “Kingdom Man: Every Man's Destiny, Every Woman's Dream”, p.10, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

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• Self-indulgence leads only to misery. Nothing great or even worthwhile is ever accomplished without struggle through adversity and self-sacrifice

  Maryam Jameelah

  Struggle, Sacrifice, Self

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• It is important in life to turn adversity to success

  Richard Branson

  Self Improvement, Important, Turns

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• The real test in golf and in life is not in keeping out of the rough, but in getting out after you are in.

  Zig Ziglar

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• Most successful people can identify one minute, one moment, where their lives changed, and it usually occurred in times of adversity.

  Willie Jolley

  Life Changing, Failure, Successful

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• Don't focus on the adversity; focus on God. No matter what you go through, stay in faith, be your best each day and trust that God will use it to position you for greatness.

  Joel Osteen

  Faith, Christian, Greatness

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• We all travel different roads to our ultimate destinations. For some of us the path is rockier than for others. But no one reaches the end without feeling some form of adversity. So rather than fight it, why not accept it as the way of life? Why not detach yourself from the outcomes and simply experience every circumstance that enters your life to the fullest?

  Robin Sharma

  Fighting, Feelings, Outcomes

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• Pain and adversity are powerful vehicles to promote personal growth. Nothing helps you learn, grow, and evolve more quickly. Nothing offers you as big an opportunity to reclaim more of your authentic power as a person.

  Richard Bach

  Pain, Powerful, Opportunity

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• Here life itself, life at its best and healthiest, awaits the caprice of the bullet. Let us see the development of the day. All else may stand over, perhaps for ever. Existence is never so sweet as when it is at hazard.

  Winston Churchill

  Sweet, Hazards, Development

  Winston Churchill (2013). “London to Ladysmith & Ian Hamilton's March”, p.152, Courier Corporation

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• It always looks so easy to solve problems by taking the line of least resistance.

  Winston Churchill

  Looks, Lines, Resistance

  Winston Churchill (1949). “The Sinews of Peace: Post-war Speeches”

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