Adversity Quotes

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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
We can bear the heavy load without asking to have it lightened. We can keep the sorrow now and endure it. We can go on… — J.R. Miller
Braving obstacles and hardships is braver than retreat to tranquility. — Khalil Gibran
The difference between men who succeed or fail is their ability to handle pressure. — Edwin Louis Cole
Never has our nation , or our world, stood on the precipice of adversity in such dire need of men answering the cry to rule… — Tony Evans
Self-indulgence leads only to misery. Nothing great or even worthwhile is ever accomplished without struggle through adversity and self-sacrifice — Unknown Author

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