Adversity Quotes
1383 Adversity quotes by 792 unique authors
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Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
— Abraham Lincoln
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What worries you, masters you.
— John Locke
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The real glory is being knocked to your knees and then coming back. That's real glory. That's the essence of it.
— Vince Lombardi
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Look not mournfully into the past, it comes not back again. Wisely improve the present, it is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy future…
— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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The nearer the dawn the darker the night.
— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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Mishaps are like knives, that either serve us or cut us, as we grasp them by the blade or the handle.
— James Russell Lowell
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If men were angels, no government would be necessary.
— James Madison
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There is no better than adversity. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance…
— Malcolm X
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You may live in an imperfect world but the frontiers are not closed and the doors are not all shut.
— Maxwell Maltz
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Always seek out the seed of triumph in every adversity.
— Og Mandino
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Individually and collectively, Cherokee people possess an extraordinary ability to face down adversity and continue moving forward.
— Wilma Mankiller
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Much that we call evil is really good in disguises; and we should not quarrel rashly with adversities not yet understood, nor overlook the mercies…
— Horace Mann
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Achievement is not always success, while reputed failure often is. It is honest endeavor, persistent effort to do the best possible under any and all…
— Orison Swett Marden
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When we long for life without difficulties, remind us that oaks grow strong in contrary winds and diamonds are made under pressure.
— Peter Marshall
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You'll never find a better sparring partner than adversity.
— Golda Meir
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He who has never failed somewhere, that man can not be great.
— Herman Melville
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The eagle has no fear of adversity. We need to be like the eagle and have a fearless spirit of a conqueror!
— Joyce Meyer
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Hope will never be silent.
— Harvey Milk
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Never take an elevator in city hall.
— Harvey Milk
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There are some defeats more triumphant than victories.
— Michel de Montaigne
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