quotations about adversity
The day of adversity is one from which none are absolutely secure. Some, indeed, bring adversity on themselves by their own folly; but the wise as well as the foolish are liable to it, and all should be prepared for it.
R. B.
United Presbyterian Magazine, Dec. 1, 1879
It is often better to have a great deal of harm happen to one than a little; a great deal may rouse you to remove, what a little will only accustom you to endure.
FULKE GREVILLE
Maxims, Characters and Reflections
Adversity is a severe instructor, set over us by one who knows us better than we do ourselves.
EDMUND BURKE
attributed, The Forbes Book of Business Quotations
Man needs difficulties; they are necessary for health.
CARL JUNG
The Transcendent Function
Keen adversity is the best crucible in which to try a man's integrity.
WILLIAM SCOTT DOWNEY
Proverbs
Wherever souls are being tried and ripened, in whatever commonplace and homely ways, there God is hewing out the pillars for His temple.
PHILLIPS BROOKS
The Candle of the Lord and Other Sermons
Emerging from your adversity a newly changed and mentally ready individual and changed person can help you elevate yourself to new level when times are hard and life is dark.
MARIA BALDWIN
"Learn how to overcome your struggles", Daily Eastern News, February 11, 2016
Adversity borrows its sharpest sting from impatience.
BISHOP HORNE
attributed, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers
Missing a jump shot and losing a basketball game doesn't even qualify as adversity. Adversity is watching your mother have to decide between buying you a pair of shoes or paying the overdue electric bill. Adversity is losing a loved one to gun violence, growing up without a father, or having siblings suffer from lead poisoning from their own water supply. Adversity is trying to raise your 15-year-old brother while playing college basketball and going to class.
MATT ZIMMER
"SDSU's Deondre Parks: Hero at Home", Argus Leader, March 3, 2016
Adversity is the first path to truth.
LORD BYRON
Don Juan
For some adversity comes into our life like an ever-changing kaleidoscope and changes the pattern we laid out for our life. Some others are born into adversity and must learn survival tactics. When adversity is conquered, the skills learned, in the doing, are the golden treasures of life's experience.
BARBARA B. BERGSTROM
Don't Forget Your Keys
In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.
ALBERT EINSTEIN
attributed, A Mind and Heart for Wellness
Prosperity is no just scale, adversity is the only balance to try friends.
PLUTARCH
attributed, A Dictionary of Thoughts
Adversity is part of life--by avoiding adversity, one avoids life.
PAUL GORDON STOLTZ
Adversity Quotient: Turning Obstacles into Opportunities
Adversity is the diamond dust Heaven polishes its jewels with.
ROBERT LEIGHTON
attributed, A Dictionary of Thoughts
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
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
It is more useful to watch a man in times of peril, and in adversity to discern what kind of man he is; for then at last words of truth are drawn from the depths of his heart, and the mask is torn off, reality remains.
LUCRETIUS
De Rerum Natura
Abused prosperity is oftentimes made the very means of our greatest adversity.
DANIEL DEFOE
Robinson Crusoe
Adversity is a misperception as all works toward the good.
JULIA CAMERON
Prayers to the Great Creator