Adversity Quotes · Page 185

The whole trial seemed surreal.

— Bernhard Goetz

Here then is a great # truth . In the # pain , the # agony , and the # heroic endeavors…

— James E. Faust

Self-pity is an acid which eats holes in happiness.

— Earl Nightingale

The proper response to difficulty is not to retreat. It is to prevail.

— George W. Bush

“God built lighthouses to see people through storms. Then he built storms to remind people to find lighthouses.”

— Shannon L. Alder

This is exactly the message that fairy tales get across to the child in manifold form: that a struggle against severe difficulties…

— Bruno Bettelheim

It's not a defeat nor an obstacle that is going to get in the way of our dream, my dream continues, the…

— Lyoto Machida

Just be strong enough to fight adversity with pride and satisfaction. Strong walls may shake up in storm but they never collapses…

— Dr Anil Kr Sinha

Adversity reminds men of religion.

— Livy

“The devil will never rest, nor sleep, nor turn his head from you. He will find every fault, every weakness, every discrepancy…

— Garrett Fredlund

Mentally strong people overcome setbacks with confidence because adversity only makes them better.

— Amy Morin

One can't realize difficulty arriving at a momentous decision until one comes to do so.

— Aminu Kano

“Obstacles and setbacks are inevitable. How you respond to them will determine if you have what it takes to meet challenges and…

— Germany Kent

“When I am encouraged, I never see obstacles in my way, only exciting challenges.”

— Eleesha

Aromatic plants bestow no spicy fragrance while they grow; but crush'd or trodden to the ground, diffuse their balmy sweets around.

— Oliver Goldsmith

“The virtue of prosperity is temperance, the virtue of adversity is fortitude.”

— Francis Bacon

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

— Confucius

Good actions are a guard against the blows of adversity.

— Abu Bakr

As African American, gay drag queens, we live with more adversity and challenges.

— Shangela

“Adversity bonds people more often than it breaks them.”

— Adam Braun

“It's not about our struggles... It's about how we overcome them.”

— José N. Harris

I feel like I am a better person because of my struggles, because of my challenges and persevering through them and realizing…

— Doug Baldwin

Obstacles are what we see when we take our eyes off the goal.

— Rita Davenport

“Let's go for our dreams and be stronger than any obstacles.”

— Christy Birmingham

My ability to survive personal crises is really a mark of the character of my people. Individually and collectively, we must react…

— Wilma Mankiller