Adversity Quote by Suzan-Lori Parks Download Open image “Difficulty creates the opportunity for self-reflection and compassion.” — Suzan-Lori Parks ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.7 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Adversity Compassion Difficulty Opportunity Reflection Self Self reflection Self-Awareness
Difficult situations require compassion, level-headedness & the empathy to see issues from somebody else's perspective. — Ben Parr Copy Share Image
How easy it is to be compassionate when it's yourself you see in trouble. — Richard Bach Copy Share Image
Awakening self-compassion is often the greatest challenge people face on the spiritual path. — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
It is sometimes difficult to view compassion and loving kindness as the strengths they are. — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
A dose of self-compassion when things are at their most difficult can reduce your stress and improve your performance, by making it easier to… — Dr Anil Kumar Sinha Copy Share Image
It's hard to practice compassion when we're struggling with our authenticity or when our own worthiness is off-balance. — Brene Brown Copy Share Image
“Self-compassion is like a muscle. The more we practice flexing it, especially when life doesn’t go exactly according to plan (a frequent scenario for… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
Compassion is the ability to understand how difficult it is for people to be the best of what they want to be at all… — Joan D. Chittister Copy Share Image
Let us not underestimate how hard it is to be compassionate. Compassion is hard because it requires the inner disposition to go with others… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Our challenge is to find the compassion for others that we want them to have for us. — Sally Kohn Copy Share Image
“Our culture does not emphasize self-compassion, quite the opposite. We’re told that no matter how hard we try, our best just isn’t good enough.… — Kristin Neff Copy Share Image
I like to give and get basically anything (I love to read) but especially fiction and poetry. — Suzan-Lori Parks Copy Share Image
Be bold. Envision yourself living a life that you love. Believe, even if you can only muster your faith for just this moment, believe… — Suzan-Lori Parks Copy Share Image
I don't consciously start writing a play that involves issues. After it's done, I sit back like everyone else and think about what it… — Suzan-Lori Parks Copy Share Image
The writer has two kinds of faith: actual writing and sitting openly. Have faith in your personal effort or sweat. And faith in God,… — Suzan-Lori Parks Copy Share Image
My father was in the Army and we moved around a lot, and one of my favorite places was the library. — Suzan-Lori Parks Copy Share Image
I learned that if we embrace what's happening, we are also embracing what is possible - and a road opens up for God to… — Suzan-Lori Parks Copy Share Image
My plays are for the kind of black people who relate to funk music, to Parliament-Funkadelic. When those guys get out of a spaceship… — Suzan-Lori Parks Copy Share Image
I knew that I was learning one of the most important lessons of my life: that instead of waiting for the perfect opportunity, I… — Suzan-Lori Parks Copy Share Image
The first time I went over to [my director's] house, he said to me, This is a very strange play. I was pleased that… — Suzan-Lori Parks Copy Share Image
One could get locked in by the Pulitzer, thinking, 'This is who I am.' Doors open with it, but doors in your mind could… — Suzan-Lori Parks Copy Share Image
We love playing together and we love adversity. You know, back-to-back, the two best teams in the East. — Steve Nash Copy Share Image
“The threats that resurfaced in the past 10 years were not an aberration. Al Qaeda and terrorism or one such threat, but it was… — George Friedman Copy Share Image
He who is content with what has been done is an obstacle in the path of progress. — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
“Friction is necessary. Ease of life leads to complacency and the atrophy of the human will and spirit. Within our struggles lives our strength,… — Jason Versey Copy Share Image
“Every adversity is just another opportunity to excel a little more.” — Michel Templet Copy Share Image
“Just because she doesn't talk about it, doesn't mean she isn't feeling it. She hurts, but she won't wear it on her sleeve. She… — Alfa H Copy Share Image
Every trial endured and weathered in the right spirit makes a soul nobler and stronger than it was before. — James Buckham Kennedy Copy Share Image
“Struggles are not associated to a particular people or creed, everyone struggles, not for the same reasons, but each has a personal struggle at… — Wayne Chirisa Copy Share Image
God often hides His blessing in trouble or trial, which makes it all the sweeter when it comes our way. — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image