Adversity Quotes

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The best antidote to stress is resilience... having the ability to respond to change or adversity proactively and resourcefully. — Lauren Mackler
Rightly conceived, time is the friend of all who are in any way in adversity, for its mazy road winds in and out of the… — Arthur Bryant
Adversity builds muscle. Adversity creates strength. Adversity, it turns out, is preparation for success. — Andy Andrews
There is an elasticity in the human mind, capable of bearing much, but which will not show itself, until a certain weight of affliction be… — Charles Caleb Colton
The wise maketh every thing the means of advantage; and with the same countenance beholdeth he all the faces of fortune: he governeth the good,… — Robert Dodsley
He knows not the value of a day of pleasure who has not seen adversity. — Bill Vaughan
Adversity is a good test of our resiliency, our ability to cope, to stand back up, to recover from misfortune. Adversity is a painful pedagogue. — Charles R. Swindoll
I think what breaks people is not adversity; what breaks people is thinking that tomorrow is going to be just like yesterday. That's what's numbing… — William J. Clinton
Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and Roosevelt faced adversities that, in their times, seemed impregnable. Great presidents overcome great odds. — Ron Fournier
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe. — Anatole France
Who will tell whether one happy moment of love or the joy of breathing or walking on a bright morning and smelling the fresh air,… — Erich Fromm
If you break your neck, if you have nothing to eat, if your house is on fire, then you got a problem. Everything else is… — Robert Fulghum
Intolerance is itself a form of violence and an obstacle to the growth of a true democratic spirit. — Mahatma Gandhi
God sometimes does try to the uttermost those whom he wishes to bless. — Mahatma Gandhi
The difficulties which I meet with in order to realize my existence are precisely what awaken and mobilize my activities, my capacities. — Jose Ortega y Gasset
Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning. — Bill Gates
Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars. — Khalil Gibran
Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness. — Andre Gide
It is not always by plugging away at a difficulty and sticking to it that one overcomes it; often it is by working on the… — Andre Gide
Fresh activity is the only means of overcoming adversity. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Adversity is like a strong wind. It tears away from us all but the things that cannot be torn, so that we see ourselves as… — Arthur Golden
Comfort and prosperity have never enriched the world as much as adversity has. — Billy Graham
Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men. — Martha Graham
The friend in my adversity I shall always cherish most. I can better trust those who helped to relieve the gloom of my dark hours… — Ulysses S. Grant
Times of great calamity and confusion have been productive for the greatest minds. The purest ore is produced from the hottest furnace. The brightest thunder-bolt… — Charles Caleb Colton

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