Adversity Quotes

Proverb - “What was hard to bear is sweet to remember.”

Proverb - “Happiness is like a sunbeam, which the least shadow intercepts, while adversity is often as the rain of spring.”

Proverb - “Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.”

Proverb - “A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner.”

George Washington - “Be courteous to all, but intimate with few; and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.”

Unknown - “No, life may not be easy, it can be lonely. Full of people we think we know, but barely comprehend. Yet we must always remember: it's the challenges that define us best, and the obstacles that illuminate what we're truly capable of. We must welcome adversity and embrace struggle, and no matter what we get from life, never give less than 100 percent. Of course, at the end of every battle weary day, we fold ourselves into peaceful darkness and find comfort in those gentle words ... good night.”

Unknown - “Every adversity has within it the seeds of an equivalent benefit.”

Unknown - “Adversity is the springboard to great achievement.”

Unknown - “The fire of adversity will melt you like butter, or temper you like steel. The choice is yours.”

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Mark Twain - “By trying we can easily learn to endure adversity. Another man's, I mean.”

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Albert Theodore Tuttle - “We fail to see the purifying and refining effect wrought by the flames of adversity. These flames are not meant to consume but only to purify us. Disguised as adversity, blessings are showered upon us.”

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Charles Haddon Spurgeon - “Stars may be seen from the bottom of a deep well, when they cannot be discerned from the top of a mountain.”

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Lucius Annaeus Seneca - “Nothing is so bitter that a calm mind cannot find comfort in it.”

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Lucius Annaeus Seneca - “Just as so many rivers, so many showers of rain from above, so many medicinal springs do not alter the taste of the sea, so the pressure of adversity does not affect the mind of the brave man. For it maintains its balance, and over all that happens it throws its own complexion, because it is more powerful than external circumstances.”

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Richard G. Scott - “The conquering of adversity produces strength of character, forges self-confidence, engenders self-respect, and assures success in righteous endeavor.”

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Richard G. Scott - “Don’t let the workings of adversity totally absorb your life. Try to understand what you can. Act where you are able; then let the matter rest with the Lord for a period while you give to others in worthy ways before you take on appropriate concern again. Please learn that as you wrestle with a challenge and feel sadness because of it, you can simultaneously have peace and rejoicing. Yes, pain, disappointment, frustration, and anguish can be temporary scenes played out on the stage of life. Behind them can be a background of peace and the positive assurance that a loving Father will keep His promises.”

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Dr. Albert Schweitzer - “One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.”

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Theodore Rubin - “The problem is not that there are problems. The problem is expecting otherwise and thinking that having problems is a problem.”

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Richard G. Scott - “When you face adversity ... don’t’ ask: Why does this have to happen to me? Why do I have to suffer this, now? What have I done to cause this? Rather ask: What am I to do? What am I to learn from this experience? What am I to change? Whom am I to help? How can I remember my many blessings in times of trial?”

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Tom K. Ryan - “However, never daunted, I will cope with adversity in my traditional manner ... sulking and nausea.”

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Helen Steiner Rice - “ADVERSITY CAN DISTRESS US OR BLESS US The way we use adversity is strictly our own choice, For in God’s Hands adversity can make the heart rejoice — For everything God sends to us, no matter in what form, Is sent with plan and purpose for by the fierceness of a storm The atmosphere is changed and cleared and the earth is washed and clean And the 'high winds of adversity' can make restless souls serene — And while it’s very difficult for mankind to understand God’s intentions and His purpose and the workings of His Hand, If we observe the miracles that happen every day We cannot help but be convinced that in His wondrous way God makes what seemed unbearable and painful and distressing, Easily acceptable when we view it as a blessing.”

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Ronald E. Poelman - “If we are right with the Lord, then, as we face adversity, we can be assured that we will be blessed with faith, strength, wisdom and help from others, not only to overcome, but to learn and to grow from those experiences.”

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Thomas Paine - “The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.”

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John R. Miller - “If you will call your troubles experiences, and remember that every experience develops some latent force within you, you will grow vigorous and happy, however adverse your circumstances may seem to be.”

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David Oman McKay - “One time or another we all face adversity’s chilling wind. One man flees from it, and like an unresisting kite falls to the ground. Another yields no retreating inch, and the wind that would destroy him lifts him as readily to the heights. We are not measured by the trials we meet, only by those we overcome.”

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