Adversity Quotes · Page 97

Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which, in prosperous circumstances, would have lain dormant.

— Horace

But all of my efforts served only to make me better acquainted with the difficulty, which in itself was something.

— Henri Poincare

If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it; every arrow that flies feels the attraction of earth.

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Obstacles do not exist to be surrendered to, but only to be broken.

— Adolf Hitler

“The only real battle in life is between hanging on and letting go.”

— Shannon L. Alder

I'm about big challenges, big obstacles, and just to show everybody that I'm the best.

— Mikey Garcia

“Never run away from difficulties, but never push yourself to difficulties beyond the limits of difficulty!”

— Mehmet Murat ildan

The testing of good and bad is in order that the gold may boil and bring the scum to the top.

— Rumi

Trust, therefore, for the overcoming of a difficulty, not to long-continued study after you have once become bewildered, but to repeated trials…

— Richard Whately

It certainly strikes the beholder with astonishment, to perceive what vast difficulties can be overcome by the pigmy arms of little mortal…

— Anonymous

It is true that people are sometimes hit by adversities beyond their control. But those so affected are better helped when they…

— Nathaniel Branden

And I thought, you know, a little gender confusion makes a better person. A little adversity in life at an early age.…

— Lesley Gore

In my life, I don't have roadblocks and obstacles. I might have something you would call a 'challenge.' I throw that out…

— Frances Hesselbein

True hope dwells on the possible, even when life seems to be a plot written by someone who wants to see how…

— Walter Inglis Anderson

We've all got different ways to deal with adversity as pros, but if you want it and you want to be great,…

— Tristan Thompson

Real strength is tested in adversity. One who overcomes obstacle with determination and decides not to give up develops real strength.

— Dr Anil Kr Sinha

Most very successful people can remember that their success was discovered and built out of adversity of some kind. It's not the…

— Earl Nightingale

In the turbulence of this anxious and active world many people are leading uneventful, lonely lives. To them dreariness, not disaster, is…

— Queen Elizabeth II

We always have the necessary resources to face the storms that life throws at us, but most of the time,those resources are…

— Paulo Coelho

In the midst of global crises such as pollution, wars and famine, kindness may be too easily dismissed as a 'soft' issue,…

— Bo Lozoff

Well, well-run companies always have a focus on growth and the two lines, which includes profit. The key thing during, I think,…

— Reid Hoffman

My father told me "If you choose to let this money destroy your initiative and independence, then it will be a curse…

— Charles Koch

In adversity, there is opportunity. Show me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I'll show you someone who has overcome adversity.…

— Lou Holtz

Obstacles in life can get the best of a person from time to time. When two people experience obstacles separately, it leaves…

— Kimberly Danner

Test a servant while in the discharge of his duty, a relative in difficulty, a friend in adversity, and a wife in…

— Chanakya

No matter what's going on, I'm going to continue to thrive because I'm used to adversity.

— Kelly Oubre, Jr

Quickly say, "That's good!" to every setback and adversity, and then find out what is good about it.

— Brian Tracy

For gold is tried in the fire and acceptable men in the furnace of adversity.

— George Santayana

As sisters in Zion, we can be obstacles to the adversary's conspiracy against families and virtue.

— Sheri L. Dew

“Every trial prepares you for a better position, so be courageous when you face trials.”

— Gift Gugu Mona

To bear adversity with an equal mind is both the sign and glory of a brave spirit.

— Francis Quarles

I will NEVER accept defeat. Failure is not an option. I will always find a way to overcome my obstacles and succeed.

— Anonymous

The gem cannot be polished without friction nor man without trials.

— Confucius

Press on. Obstacles are seldom the same size tomorrow as they are today.

— Robert H. Schuller

Failure is opportunity to make you a fighter & to withstand in adversity with courage & determination.

— DrAnil Kr Sinha

I thank God for my handicaps. For through them, I have found myself, my work and my God.

— Helen Keller

Suffering is above, not below. And everyone thinks that suffering is below. And everyone wants to rise.

— Antonio Porchia

In the dark times, if you have something to hold on to, which is yourself, you'll survive.

— Whoopi Goldberg

Success is a tale of obstacles overcome, and for every obstacle overcome, an excuse not used.

— Robert Breault

“Struggle strengthens the human bond and lightens the burden of the human condition.”

— Lorii Myers