Happy is the man who can endure the highest and lowest fortune. He who has endured such vicissitudes with equanimity has deprived… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
Obstacles will look large or small to you according to whether you are large or small. — Orison Swett Marden Copy Share Image
The measure of every man’s virtue is best revealed in time of adversity - adversity that does not weaken a man but… — Thomas a Kempis Copy Share Image
Dear friends, may no adversity paralyze you. Be afraid neither of the world, nor of the future, nor of your weakness. The… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
“Among the many short cuts to science, we badly need someone to teach us the art of learning with difficulty.” — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
“Among days// Having only the force/ Of days//Most simple/ Most difficult” — George Oppen Copy Share Image
When the first Superman movie came out, I gave dozens of interviews to promote it. The most frequent question was: What is… — Christopher Reeve Copy Share Image
“When you're up against adversity, when your shots aren't falling, when guys are hanging on you, pushing you, fouling you, and you're… — Walt Frazier Copy Share Image
Only by coming to grips with difficulty can you realize your full potential. — Charles de Gaulle Copy Share Image
“The horrific struggle to establish a human self results in a self whose humanity is inseparable from that horrific struggle: That our… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
Nothing is done easily, first have the thing, then the thing has a success, then all sorts of difficulties arise through the… — Ninette de Valois Copy Share Image
“Have the courage that you will trample over your I'll struggles of the past till all is settled for your celebrations. You… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
I feel alive inside only when obstacles are arising that must be overcome and eliminated. — Yitzhak Shamir Copy Share Image
It seems whenever we have a little adversity, the emotions drop. We've fallen out of the race, and it kind of takes… — Wes Walz Copy Share Image
“You never really know what's coming. A small wave, or maybe a big one. All you can really do is hope that… — Alysha Speer Copy Share Image
He who, when he hath the power, doeth not good, when he loses the means will suffer distress. There is not a… — Saadi Copy Share Image
Somehow difficulties are easier to endure when you know your dream is waiting for you at the end. — Lisa Mangum Copy Share Image
“Effort is the unconstrained willingness to persevere through difficulty. It is not a harsh, straining, desperate effort but, rather, an ardent and… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
