Times Of Adversity Quotes - Page 2

• If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.

  Maya Angelou

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

  Twitter post from Jan 15, 2017

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• There are times in everyone's life when something constructive is born out of adversity... when things seem so bad that you've got to grab your fate by the shoulders and shake it.

  Lee Iacocca

  Adversity, Fate, Born

  Lee Iacocca, William Novak (2011). “Iacocca: An Autobiography”, p.16, Bantam

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• A problem is a chance for you to do your best.

  Duke Ellington

  Inspirational, Life, Positive

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• You don't develop courage by being happy in your relationships everyday. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity.

  Epicurus

  Boyfriend, Being Happy, Courage

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  If you break your neck, if you have nothing to eat, if your house is on fire, then you got a problem. Everything else is inconvenience.

  Robert Fulghum

  Life, Positive, Encouraging

  Robert Fulghum (2010). “Uh-Oh: Some Observations from Both Sides of the Refrigerator Door”, p.146, Ivy Books

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• Adversity is like a strong wind. I don't mean just that it holds us back from places we might otherwise go. It also tears away from us all but the things that cannot be torn, so that afterward we see ourselves as we really are.

  Arthur Golden

  Inspirational, Strength, Success

  "Memoirs of a Geisha". Book by Arthur Golden, September 27, 1997.

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• The friend in my adversity I shall always cherish most.

  Ulysses S. Grant

  Adversity, Dark, Tough Times

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

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• We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

  Will Durant

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• If you can't change it.. change the way you think about it

  Mary Engelbreit

  Inspirational, Change, Attitude

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• It is the business of little minds to shrink.

  Carl Sandburg

  Strength, Being Strong, Perseverance

  Carl Sandburg (1948). “Remembrance Rock”

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• I love those who can smile in trouble.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Inspirational, Strength, Smile

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• By trying we can easily learn to endure adversity. Another man's, I mean.

  Mark Twain

  Funny, Witty, Humorous

  "The Jumping Frog: And 18 Other Stories".

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• I learned there are troubles of more than one kind. Some come from ahead and some from behind.

  Dr. Seuss

  Cancer, Hard Times, Tough Times

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• It's not easy taking my problems one at a time when they refuse to get in line.

  Ashleigh Brilliant

  Inspirational, Kindness, Adversity

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• Sometimes it's worse to win a fight than to lose.

  Billie Holiday

  Adversity, Fighting, Winning

  Billie Holiday, William Dufty (1956). “Lady sings the blues”

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• Our greatest weakness lies in giving up.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Inspirational, Wise, Wisdom

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• In every adversity there lies the seed of an equivalent advantage. In every defeat is a lesson showing you how to win the victory next time.

  Robert Collier

  Lying, Adversity, Winning

  Robert Collier (2013). “Riches Within Your Reach”, p.8, Simon and Schuster

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• Nelson Mandela said: 'It always seems impossible until it's done.' Peace is possible.

  John Bonifaz

  Motivational, Perseverance, War

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• A bend in the road is not the end of the road…Unless you fail to make the turn.

  Helen Keller

  Inspirational, Moving On, Encouraging

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• Adversity has the same effect on a man that severe training has on the pugilist: it reduces him to his fighting weight.

  Josh Billings

  Life, Adversity, Fighting

  Josh Billings (1972). “Uncle Sam's Uncle Josh: Or, Josh Billings on Practically Everything, Distilled from Josh's Rum and Tansy New England Wit by Donald Day”

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• I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Love, Motivational, Strength

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• I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing.

  Agatha Christie

  Inspirational, Life, Happiness

  Agatha Christie (1991). “Agatha Christie: An Autobiography”, Berkley Publishing Group

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• All the adversity I've had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me... You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.

  Walt Disney

  Inspirational, Life, Depression

  "The Story of Walt Disney". Book by Diane Disney Miller, Pete Martin, 1957.

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• Life is truly known only to those who suffer, lose, endure adversity and stumble from defeat to defeat.

  Anais Nin

  Inspirational, Life, Break Up

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  The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Strength to Love (1963) ch. 3

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