Adversity Quotes

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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
Adversity is the source of our deepest growth and greatest blessings; embrace it, dare to seek it. — Aron Ralston
The whole duty of man is embraced in the two principles of abstinence and patience: temperance in prosperity, and patient courage in adversity. — Seneca the Younger
Never give up! If adversity presses, Providence wisely has mingled the cup, And the best counsel, in all your distresses, Is the stout watchword of… — Martin Farquhar Tupper
Without goodness a man cannot endure adversity for long, nor can he enjoy prosperity for long. The good man is naturally at ease with goodness.… — Confucius
These studies are a spur to the young, a delight to the old: an ornament in prosperity, a consoling refuge in adversity; they are pleasure… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
CUNNING, n. The faculty that distinguishes a weak animal or person from a strong one. It brings its possessor much mental satisfaction and great material… — Ambrose Bierce
He who does not tire, tires adversity. — Martin Farquhar Tupper
Adversity is a stimulus. — James Broughton
If there is a purpose in life at all, there must be a purpose in suffering and in dying. But no man can tell another… — Gordon W. Allport
Adversity is a severe instructor, set over us by one who knows us better than we do ourselves, as he loves us better too. He… — Edmund Burke
Don't be disquieted in time of adversity. Be firm with dignity and self-reliant with vigor. — Chiang Kai-shek
Some people as a result of adversity are sadder, wiser, kinder, more human. Most of us are better, though, when things go better. — Malcolm Forbes
The greatest object in the universe, says a certain philosopher, is a good man struggling with adversity; yet there is still a greater, which is… — Oliver Goldsmith
It is not every calamity that is a curse, and early adversity is often a blessing. Surmounted difficulties not only teach, but hearten us in… — Unknown Author
It is always in the midst, in the epicenter, of your troubles that you find serenity. — Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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