Adversity Quotes
1383 Adversity quotes by 792 unique authors
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He that struggles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.
— Edmund Burke
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Firmness in enduring and exertion is a character I always wish to possess. I have always despised the whining yelp of complaint and cowardly resolve.
— Robert Burns
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Adversity is the first path to truth.
— Lord Byron
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Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.
— Truman Capote
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Adversity is the diamond dust Heaven polishes its jewels with.
— Thomas Carlyle
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No pressure, no diamonds.
— Thomas Carlyle
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Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.
— Dale Carnegie
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The experience of democracy is like the experience of life itself-always changing, infinite in its variety, sometimes turbulent and all the more valuable for having…
— Jimmy Carter
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Test a servant while in the discharge of his duty, a relative in difficulty, a friend in adversity, and a wife in misfortune.
— Chanakya
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Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.
— William Ellery Channing
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No power in society, no hardship in your condition can depress you, keep you down, in knowledge, power, virtue, influence, but by your own consent.
— William Ellery Channing
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Let us learn to appreciate there will be times when the trees will be bare, and look forward to the time when we may pick…
— Anton Chekhov
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One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak.
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.
— Winston Churchill
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A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
— Winston Churchill
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Kites rise highest against the wind - not with it.
— Winston Churchill
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We shall draw from the heart of suffering itself the means of inspiration and survival.
— Winston Churchill
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It is foolish to tear one's hair in grief, as though sorrow would be made less by baldness.
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
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We find comfort among those who agree with us - growth among those who don't.
— Frank A. Clark
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If you live long enough, you'll make mistakes. But if you learn from them, you'll be a better person. It's how you handle adversity, not…
— William J. Clinton
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Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.
— Julie Andrews
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The conquering of adversity produces strength of character, forges self-confidence, engenders self-respect, and assures success in righteous endeavor.
— Richard G. Scott
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One time or another we all face adversity's chilling wind. One man flees from it, and like an unresisting kite falls to the ground. Another…
— David O. McKay
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Adversity will surface in every life. How we meet it makes the difference.
— Marvin J. Ashton
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Men often bear little grievances with less courage than they do large misfortunes.
— Aesop
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