Adversity Quotes

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Prosperity is no just scale; adversity is the only balance to weigh friends. — Plutarch
Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man; but for one man who can stand prosperity, there are a hundred that will stand adversity. — Elvis Presley
Turning pro is a mindset. If we are struggling with fear, self-sabotage, procrastination, self-doubt, etc., the problem is, we're thinking like amateurs. Amateurs don't show… — Steven Pressfield
Happiness is beneficial for the body, but it is grief that develops the powers of the mind. — Marcel Proust
The depth of darkness to which you can descend and still live is an exact measure of the height to which you can aspire to… — Pliny the Elder
Grief has limits, whereas apprehension has none. For we grieve only for what we know has happened, but we fear all that possibly may happen. — Pliny the Elder
Fasting is, first and foremost, an exercise for identifying and managing adversity in all its forms. With faith, in full conscience, fasting calls women and… — Tariq Ramadan
Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they're supposed to help you discover who you are. — Bernice Johnson Reagon
There's a bit of magic in everything, and some loss to even things out. — Lou Reed
Each Warrior wants to leave the mark of his will, his signature, on important acts he touches. This is not the voice of ego but… — Pat Riley
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

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