quotations about adversity
It's like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger they were. And sometimes you didn't want to know the end ... because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened? But in the end, it's only a passing thing ... this shadow. Even darkness must pass.
SAM
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Adversity is only sand on your track to prevent you from skidding.
CROFT M. PENTZ
1001 Things Your Mother Told You
The self-belief and the willingness to confront adversity is what separate the great from the ordinary.
INDRANIL MAJUMDAR
"Rohit and Saha take India to a commanding position", Calcutta Telegraph, October 2, 2016
Dealing with adversity is like preparing for surgery. By putting our faith in what the doctor has said, we believe we will be better off if we have the surgery. But that does not make it any less painful. By submitting to the hand of a surgeon, we are saying that our ultimate goal is health, even at the cost of pain. Adversity is the same way. It is a means to an end. It is God's tool for the advancement of our spiritual lives.
CHARLES F. STANLEY
How to Handle Adversity
Abused prosperity is oftentimes made the very means of our greatest adversity.
DANIEL DEFOE
Robinson Crusoe
Adversity is a way of life and God is there in that time of need.
DABO SWINNEY
"Clemson's Dabo Swinney shares 'SWAG' story", Times Enterprise, February 25, 2016
Adversity is a misperception as all works toward the good.
JULIA CAMERON
Prayers to the Great Creator
Adversity is like the period of the former and of the latter rain--cold, comfortless, unfriendly to man and to animal; yet from that season have their birth, the flower, and the fruit, the date, the rose, and the pomegranate.
SIR WALTER SCOTT
The Talisman
Adversity is the diamond dust Heaven polishes its jewels with.
ROBERT LEIGHTON
attributed, A Dictionary of Thoughts
Prosperity is no just scale, adversity is the only balance to try friends.
PLUTARCH
attributed, A Dictionary of Thoughts
Adversity has ever been considered the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted with himself, then, especially, being free from flatterers.
SAMUEL JOHNSON
attributed, A Dictionary of Thoughts
Facing adversity is something I've never shied away from. In fact, I welcome it to come at me head-on. I'm strong enough to know that if I'm willing to fight for something I can have almost anything -- and this is no exception.
KRISTIANA PAGE
"Wanderlust and Lupus", Lupus News Today, October 3, 2016
Global fame wrought from adversity is different, an unescapable beast that hounds you everywhere you go. Dealing with adversity verging on the tragic isn't easy when the world wants to know everything about you.
WADE DAVIS
"Mick Fanning (sorta) retires for 2016", Surfing Life, February 23, 2016
Stars may be seen from the bottom of a deep well, when they cannot be discerned from the top of a mountain. So are many things learned in adversity which the prosperous man dreams not of.
CHARLES HADDON SPURGEON
The Saint and His Saviour
Adversity is a test and a test reveals three things -- what you know; what you don't know; what you need to know.
HARRY L. REEDER III
"Alabama megachurch pastor: Here's how to vote with Christian wisdom", Yellow Hammer News, February 29, 2016
Difficulties strengthen the mind as labor does the body.
SENECA
Seneca's Morals
I know adversity is not easy, but I also understand that if met with a positive mental attitude it's going to serve you well.
GLENN CARUSO
"Normality to combat cancer: Luke Hermann's fight off the football field", Tommie Media, September 20, 2016
There is no education like adversity.
BENJAMIN DISRAELI
Endymion
All the adversity I've had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me. You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.
WALT DISNEY
attributed, Pearls: Philosophies for Living a Robust and Fulfilling Life
The shade of faith and the cloak of true godliness is the best equipage for the storm of adversity.
WILLIAM SCOTT DOWNEY
Proverbs