Adversity Quotes

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Talking about your grievances merely adds to those grievances. Give recognition only to what you desire. — Thomas Dreier
There are two things that one must get used to or one will find life unendurable: the damages of time and injustices of men. — Nicolas Chamfort
Despair is anger with no place to go. — Mignon McLaughlin
You gotta play the hand that's dealt you. There may be pain in that hand, but you play it. And I've played it. — James Brady
Every evil is some good spelt backwards, and in it the wise know how to read Wisdom. — Coventry Patmore
There are two ways of meeting difficulties: you alter the difficulties, or you alter yourself to meet them. — Phyllis Bottome
Damaged people are dangerous. They know they can survive. — Josephine Hart
Challenges make you discover things about yourself that you never really knew. They're what make the instrument stretch, what make you go beyond the norm. — Cicely Tyson
Often God has to shut a door in our face, so that He can subsequently open the door through which He wants us to go. — Catherine Marshall
Find the grain of truth in criticism-chew it and swallow it. — Don Sutton
The greatest difficulties lie where we are not looking for them. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Difficulties, opposition, criticism-these things are meant to be overcome, and there is a special joy in facing them and in coming out on top. It… — Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity until he has tasted adversity. — Saadi
God left the world unfinished for man to work his skill upon. He left the electricity still in the cloud, the oil still in the… — George MacDonald
It is often better to have a great deal of harm happen to one than a little; a great deal may rouse you to remove… — Grenville Kleiser
Adversity is not simply a tool. It is God's most effective tool for the advancement of our spiritual lives. The circumstances and events that we… — Charles Stanley
Jesus didn't save you so you could cruise to heaven in a luxury liner. He wants you to be useful in His kingdom! The moment… — David Wilkerson
One thing we may be sure of, however: For the believer all pain has meaning; all adversity is profitable. There is no question that adversity… — Jerry Bridges
Fire proves gold, adversity proves men. — Seneca the Younger
I've never known anybody to achieve anything without overcoming adversity. — Lou Holtz

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