Adversity Quotes - Page 11

To be unable to bear an ill is itself a great ill.

I do not walk away in the face of adversity and never have.

Happy is the man who can endure the highest and lowest fortune. He who has endured such vicissitudes with equanimity has deprived misfortune of its power.

Firmness in enduring and exertion is a character I always wish to possess. I have always despised the whining yelp of complaint and cowardly resolve.

Love shows itself more in adversity than in prosperity; as light does, which shines most where the place is darkest.

Life, in all its uniqueness, would not be life without the negatives and the positives.

Pursue your goals even in the face of difficulties, and convert adversities into opportunities.

Don't be disquieted in time of adversity. Be firm with dignity and self-reliant with vigor.

Adversity isn't an obstacle that we need to get around in order to resume living our life. It's part of our life.

To have become a deeper man is the privilege of those who have suffered.

Life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating.

Adversity is the first path to truth.

If you're in trouble, or hurt or need - go to the poor people. They're the only ones that'll help - the only ones.

Against criticism a man can neither protest nor defend himself; he must act in spite of it, and then it will gradually yield to him.

Only one feat is possible: not to have run away.

It's not easy taking my problems one at a time when they refuse to get in line.

Our responsibility is not simply shielding those we care for from adversity but preparing them to meet it well.

Over every mountain there is a path, although it may not be seen from the valley.

Many who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy; many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable.

Lucifer whispers that life's not fair and that if the gospel were true, we would never have problems or disappointments. ... The gospel isn't a guarantee against tribulation. That would be like a test with no questions. Rather, the gospel is a guide for maneuvering through the challenges of life with a sense of purpose and direction.

Everyone who got to where they are had to begin where they were.

Only in winter can you tell which trees are truly green. Only when the winds of adversity blow can you tell whether an individual or a country has steadfastness.

Life is like an ice-cream cone, you have to lick it one day at a time.

Problems are the price you pay for progress.

The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.