Adversity Quotes

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Every adversity contains, at the same time, a seed of equivalent opportunity! — Napoleon Hill
The great challenge is to refuse to let the bad things that happen to us do bad things to us. That is the crucial difference… — Neal A. Maxwell
Extraordinary individuals take one step back and two steps forward with most every challenge-and sometimes two steps back to one step forward. They harvest useful… — Jerry I. Porras
No man is more unhappy than he who never faces adversity. For he is not permitted to prove himself. — Seneca the Younger
The Duke and Swing represent affirmation in the face of adversity. — Wynton Marsalis
Even the most daring and accomplished people have undergone tremendous difficulty. In fact, the more successful they became, the more they attributed their success to… — Barbara Rose
It's easy to feel happy when things are going your way. The trick is to remain inspired in difficult situations. That's where life stops being… — Jonathan Cainer
Every moment of life brings an opportunity for being conscious of human feeling, in prosperity, in adversity, in all conditions. It costs very little; only… — Hazrat Inayat Khan
Pursue your goals even in the face of difficulties, and convert adversities into opportunities. — Dhirubhai Ambani
Never befriend the oppressed unless you are prepared to take on the oppressor. — Ogden Nash
To see a man fearless in dangers, untainted with lusts, happy in adversity, composed in a tumult, and laughing at all those things which are… — Seneca the Younger
When you face adversity . . . don't' ask: Why does this have to happen to me? Why do I have to suffer this, now?… — Richard G. Scott
Behind every dark cloud there is an every-shining sun. Just wait. In time, the cloud will pass. — Marianne Williamson
The past is not clinging to you; YOU are clinging to the past. Once you are not clinging, the past simply EVAPORATES! — Rajneesh
Do you realize that your life at this very moment is the result of everything that you have ever thought , done , believed ,… — Jack Canfield
Miracles arise from conviction. Be convicted about these things: Miracles can happen. Miracles do happen. Love makes them happen. — Marianne Williamson
Stop telling it like it is and start telling it like you WANT it to be! — Esther Hicks
You find out your mistakes from an audience that pays admission. — Edgar Bergen
You can sit there forever, lamenting about how bad you've been, feeling guilty until you die, and not one tiny slice of that guilt will… — Wayne Dyer
The measure of human character is our reaction to dark times. No one can sidestep darkness. It is the throne upon which light sits. If… — David Wolpe

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