“Though the rich of this earth find no difficulty in creating misery, they can't bear to see it.” — Bertolt Brecht Copy Share Image
“I reach my object and say, Wander no more. All else is trial and make-believe.” — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
“In the face of adversity you have three choices... You can let it DEFINE you, let it DESTROY you or let it… — Comic Strip Mama Copy Share Image
We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
One who was abhorred by all in prosperity is adored by all in adversity. — Baltasar Gracian Copy Share Image
It is the north wind that lashes men into Vikings; it is the soft, luscious south wind which lulls them to lotus… — Ouida Copy Share Image
Without adversity, there would be no growth, and without growth, there would be no lesson to be learned. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It is by surmounting difficulties, not by sinking under them that we discover our fortitude. — Hannah Webster Foster Copy Share Image
Education is the food of youth, the delight of old age, the ornament of prosperity, the refuge and comfort of adversity, and… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
So it is more useful to watch a man in times of peril, and in adversity to discern what kind of man… — Lucretius Copy Share Image
There is no struggle too vast, no odds too overwhelming, for even should we fail - should we fall - we will… — Steven Erikson Copy Share Image
“Life is all about change. We constantly transform all our life. Struggle is nothing more than a signal and confirmation of the… — Timothy Pina Copy Share Image
As there is no worldly gain without some loss, so there is no worldly loss without some gain… Set the allowance against… — Francis Quarles Copy Share Image
“Life is not about focusing on adversity, it is about, learning from it, overcoming it, and being a positive example of how… — T J Silba Copy Share Image
How will you know the difficulties of being human, if you are always flying off to blue perfection? Where will you plant… — Rumi Copy Share Image
In war, while everything is simple, even the simplest thing is difficult. Difficulties accumulate and produce frictions which no one can comprehend… — Carl von Clausewitz Copy Share Image
It is easy to recollect the good things of life, the times when one's heart rejoices and expands, when everything is enfolded… — Oliver Sacks Copy Share Image
Jesus has many lovers of His kingdom of heaven, but he has few bearers of His Cross. Many desire His consolation, but… — Thomas a Kempis Copy Share Image
The fortunes of the African revolution are closely linked with the world-wide struggle against imperialism. It does not matter where the battle… — Kwame Nkrumah Copy Share Image
“... when it seemed at every turn that the winds of fate had blown our lives afoul, financially, emotionally, or idealistically. Look… — Jonathan Evison Copy Share Image
Baseball is a game based on adversity. It's a game that's going to test you repeatedly. It's going to find your weaknesses… — Theo Epstein Copy Share Image
There are few of us, if any, who don't walk the refiner's fire of adversity and despair, sometimes known to others but… — Richard C. Edgley Copy Share Image
optimism, n. The doctrine, or belief, that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly, everything good, especially the bad, and everything right… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
“I put complains aside and replace each of them with trials and to my surprise, some things I see as difficult were… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
