Adversity Quotes

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The thrill of achievement comes from overcoming adversity in the accomplishment of an important goal. — Brian Tracy
Prosperity makes friends and adversity tries them. A true friend is one soul in two bodies — Aristotle
A good person dyes events with his own color . . . and turns whatever happens to his own benefit. — Seneca the Younger
Then imitate the action of the tiger; stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood. — William Shakespeare
Whatever is rightly done, however humble, is noble. (Quidvis recte factum quamvis humile praeclarum.) — Henry Royce
The cucumber is bitter? Then throw it out. There are brambles in the path? Then go around. That's all you need to know. — Marcus Aurelius
Wise men are able to make a fitting use even of their enmities. — Plutarch
When jarred, unavoidably, by circumstance revert at once to yourself and don't lose the rhythm more than you can help. You'll have a better grasp… — Marcus Aurelius
In the meantime, cling tooth and nail to the following rule: not to give in to adversity, not to trust prosperity, and always take full… — Marcus Aurelius
Gentleman, I am hardening on this enterprise. I repeat, I am now hardening towards this enterprise. — Winston Churchill
A vital team characteristic is the ability to overcome adversity. Any team acquires experience and endurance as it learns to fight back. This in turn… — Tom Landry
It's easy to enjoy your job and enjoy other people when things are going good. When you're faced with adversity is when the character of… — Dan Quisenberry
Everyone is handed adversity in life. No one's journey is easy. It's how they handle it that makes people unique. — Kevin Conroy
And I thought, you know, a little gender confusion makes a better person. A little adversity in life at an early age. It's character building. — Lesley Gore
Adversity is prosperity to those who possess a great attitude. — John C. Maxwell
Most people can bear adversity. But if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power. — Robert Green Ingersoll
The overcoming of adversity and, ultimately, denying it the rite of passage, has been a constant and perpetual motive throughout my life. — Heather Mills
Adversity can strengthen you if you have the will to grind it out. — Ray Kroc
One thing that I don't think my critics realize about me is that I've been trained to look adversity in the face. — Reggie White
Without adversity, there would be no growth, and without growth, there would be no lesson to be learned. — Michelle Cruz
We only truly discover who we really are in the face of tragedy and adversity, that being broken does not simply changes us, but reveals… — David Trumble
Past and to come, seems best; things present, worse. — William Shakespeare
Real pain can alone cure us of imaginary ills. We feel a thousand miseries till we are lucky enough to feel misery. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Health is not simply the absence of illness. Real health is the will to overcome every form of adversity and use even the worst of… — Daisaku Ikeda
Friends are proved by adversity. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

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