Adversity Quotes - Page 25

Life's blows cannot break a person whose spirit is warmed at the fire of enthusiasm.

Leaders exhibit two essential characteristics, the willingness to confront adversity and a clearly articulated future preference.

It is easy in adversity to despise death; he has real fortitude who dares to live and be wretched.

How do we handle adversity? Adversity is going to be with us in everything that we do, almost in every facet of our lives-in our personal associations, in the mission field, in our chosen professions, in our families.

Adversity is the trial of principle. Without it, a man hardly knows whether he is honest or not.

Every moment of life brings an opportunity for being conscious of human feeling, in prosperity, in adversity, in all conditions. It costs very little; only a little thought is necessary. There is no greater religion than love. God is love; and the best form of love is to be conscientious regarding the feelings of those with whom we come in contact in everyday life.

For most of the universe's life is not all gummy wads and tarty tarts; is a struggle against hardship, unfairness, corruption, abuse, and adversity in all its guises, where even to survive - let alone survive with dignity - is heroic. To soldier through the days in the wake of failure is the courageous act of many.

Common and vulgar people ascribe all ills that they feel to others; people of little wisdom ascribe to themselves; people of much wisdom, to no one.

You will suffer, be tempted, and make mistakes. You will learn for yourself what every heroine has learned: through overcoming challenges come growth and strength. It is your reaction to adversity, not the adversity itself, that determines how your life's story will develop.

The black middle-class in America is a prosperous community that is now larger in absolute terms than the black underclass. Does its existence not suggest that economic adversity is the result of failures of individual character rather than the lingering after-effects of racial discrimination and a slave system that ceased to exist well over a century ago?

I've always come back from adversity, and I've always had the mentality of proving people wrong.

A person's true nature is revealed at times of the greatest adversity.

Adversity gives birth to greatness. The greater the challenges and difficulties we face, the greater the opportunity we have to grow and develop as people. A life without adversity, a life of ease and comfort, produces nothing and leaves us with nothing. This is one of the indisputable facts of life.

Without that innate sense of human worth, a man cannot long endure adversity, nor can he long enjoy prosperity.

The firmest of friendships have been formed in mutual adversity, as iron is most strongly united by the fiercest flame.

People are defeated by easy, victorious and cheap successes more than by adversity.

Be generous in prosperity, and thankful in adversity.

There is no doubt that life is given us, not to be enjoyed, but to be overcome; to be got over.

I contend that not only can you laugh at adversity, but it is essential to do so if you are to deal with setbacks without defeat.

Often when economic pressure is lifted, a man must pump back into himself a feeling of must.

What molting time is to birds, so adversity or misfortune is ... for us humans.

The friend in my adversity I shall always cherish most.

We see many who are struggling against adversity who are happy, and more although abounding in wealth, who are wretched.

Harry Potter is about confronting fears, finding inner strength and doing what is right in the face of adversity. Twilight is about how important it is to have a boyfriend.

He knows of our anguish, and He is there for us. Like the Good Samaritan in His parable, when He finds us wounded at the wayside, He binds up our wounds and cares for us (see Luke 10:34). Brothers and sisters, the healing power of His Atonement is for you, for us, for all.