Adversity Quotes

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Perhaps all the dragons of our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us once beautiful and brave. — Rainer Maria Rilke
Over every mountain there is a path, although it may not be seen from the valley. — Theodore Roethke
The worst thing that happens to you may be the best thing for you if you don't let it get the best of you. — Will Rogers
Remorse sleeps during prosperity but awakes bitter consciousness during adversity. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
To endure is the first thing that a child ought to learn, and that which he will have the most need to know. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
The problem is not that there are problems. The problem is expecting otherwise and thinking that having problems is a problem. — Theodore Isaac Rubin
To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness. — Bertrand Russell
If all our happiness is bound up entirely in our personal circumstances it is difficult not to demand of life more than it has to… — Bertrand Russell
For gold is tried in the fire and acceptable men in the furnace of adversity. — George Santayana
There is no doubt that life is given us, not to be enjoyed, but to be overcome; to be got over. — Arthur Schopenhauer
It is with trifles, and when he is off guard, that a man best reveals his character. — Arthur Schopenhauer
Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines. — Robert H. Schuller
Tough times never last, but tough people do. — Robert H. Schuller
The hardest struggle of all is to be something different from what the average man is. — Robert H. Schuller
Life is like an ice-cream cone, you have to lick it one day at a time. — Charles M. Schulz
One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity. — Albert Schweitzer
The willow which bends to the tempest, often escapes better than the oak which resists it; and so in great calamities, it sometimes happens that… — Albert Schweitzer
He is the best sailor who can steer within fewest points of the wind, and exact a motive power out of the greatest obstacles. — Walter Scott
As a lifelong practitioner of martial arts, I'm trained to remain calm in the face of adversity and danger. — Steven Seagal
Let me embrace thee, sour adversity, for wise men say it is the wisest course. — William Shakespeare
The robbed that smiles, steals something from the thief. — William Shakespeare
Sweet are the uses of adversity which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, wears yet a precious jewel in his head. — William Shakespeare
We look before and after, And pine for what is not; Our sincerest laughter With some pain is fraught; Our sweetest songs are those that… — Percy Bysshe Shelley
The battle of life is, in most cases, fought uphill; and to win it without a struggle were perhaps to win it without honor. If… — Samuel Smiles
The very greatest things - great thoughts, discoveries, inventions - have usually been nurtured in hardship, often pondered over in sorrow, and at length established… — Samuel Smiles

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