Adversity Quotes

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I am the happiest man alive. I have that in me that can convert poverty to riches, adversity to prosperity, and I am more invulnerable… — Thomas Browne
Harry Potter is about confronting fears, finding inner strength and doing what is right in the face of adversity. Twilight is about how important it… — Stephen King
What do you think my chances might be of finding a soul mate in the group of you? I'll be lucky if I can just… — Kiera Cass
Wealth is certainly a most desirable thing, but poverty has its sunny side, and one of the sweet uses of adversity is the genuine satisfaction… — Louisa May Alcott
If, by happiness, you mean the absence of adversity I and all fabricants are the happiest stratum in corpocracy as genomicists insist. However, if happiness… — David Mitchell
We can cry for years but sometimes gotta smile too. — Aberjhani
This country will not be a good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a good place for all of… — Theodore Roosevelt
Funny,â€™ Will said, as they picked their way through. â€˜Things are absolutely awful and yet people look much happier than usual. Look at them all.… — Susan Cooper
One of the major keys to success is to keep moving forward on the journey, making the best of the detours and interruptions, turning adversity… — John C. Maxwell
Human rights' are a fine thing, but how can we make ourselves sure that our rights do not expand at the expense of the rights… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Adversity is another way to measure the greatness of individuals. I never had a crisis that didn't make me stronger. — Lou Holtz
Christianity, unlike any other religion in the world, begins with catastrophe and defeat. Sunshine religions and psychological inspirations collapse in calamity and wither in adversity.… — Fulton J. Sheen
But hey, what's life without a little adversity?" That had to have been the fakest attempt at optimism since my fourth grade teacher tried reasoning… — Alexandra Bracken
For most of the universe's life is not all gummy wads and tarty tarts; is a struggle against hardship, unfairness, corruption, abuse, and adversity in… — Frank Beddor
When you observe that the fire in your room is getting dull, you do not always put on more coal, but simply stir with the… — Arthur W. Pink
Trust is not a passive state of mind. It is a vigorous act of the soul by which we choose to lay hold on the… — Jerry Bridges
Worship from the heart in times of adversity implies an attitude of humble acceptance on our part of God's right to do as He pleases… — Jerry Bridges
If we are going to learn to trust God in adversity, we must believe God will allow nothing to subvert His glory so He will… — Jerry Bridges
Adversity in life does not rob your heart of beauty. It simply teaches it a new song to sing. — Karen White
Many appear full of mildness and sweetness as long as everything goes their own way; but the moment any contradiction or adversity arises, they are… — Bernard of Clairvaux

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