Adversity Quotes

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Anytime you suffer a setback or disappointment, put your head down and plow ahead. — Les Brown
Out of difficulties grow miracles. — Jean de la Bruyere
You never know how a horse will pull until you hook him to a heavy load. — Bear Bryant
I haven't always acted or reacted in a way that made me proud, but I didn't make that same mistake twice, and I think that's… — Sandra Bullock
When you have adversity and you have pain, you never feel more alone than you do at that moment. And you can be surrounded by… — Sandra Bullock
He that struggles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper. — Edmund Burke
Firmness in enduring and exertion is a character I always wish to possess. I have always despised the whining yelp of complaint and cowardly resolve. — Robert Burns
Adversity is the first path to truth. — Lord Byron
Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor. — Truman Capote
Adversity is the diamond dust Heaven polishes its jewels with. — Thomas Carlyle
No pressure, no diamonds. — Thomas Carlyle
Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. — Dale Carnegie
The experience of democracy is like the experience of life itself-always changing, infinite in its variety, sometimes turbulent and all the more valuable for having… — Jimmy Carter
Test a servant while in the discharge of his duty, a relative in difficulty, a friend in adversity, and a wife in misfortune. — Chanakya
Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict. — William Ellery Channing
No power in society, no hardship in your condition can depress you, keep you down, in knowledge, power, virtue, influence, but by your own consent. — William Ellery Channing
Let us learn to appreciate there will be times when the trees will be bare, and look forward to the time when we may pick… — Anton Chekhov
One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. — Winston Churchill
A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. — Winston Churchill

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