Adversity Quotes - Page 34

There is a sort of natural instinct of human dignity in the heart of man which steels his very nerves not to bend beneath the heavy blows of a great adversity. The palm-tree grows best beneath a ponderous weight, even so the character of man. There is no merit in it, it is a law of psychology. The petty pangs of small daily cares have often bent the character of men, but great misfortunes seldom. There is less danger in this than in great good luck.

Memory tempers prosperity, mitigates adversity, controls youth, and delights old age.

Braving obstacles and hardships is braver than retreat to tranquility.

A weak mind sinks under prosperity, as well as under adversity.

Charity isn't a good substitute for justice.

The deepest need that you and I have in weakness and adversity is not quick relief, but the well-grounded confidence that what is happening to us is part of the greatest purpose of God in the universe - the glorification of the grace and power of his Son - the grace and power that bore Him to the cross and kept him there until the work of love was done.

If our testimonies are strong onthis point and if we feel the absolute assurance that God loves us, we will change our questons. We won't ask, 'Why did this happen?' or 'Why doesn't God care about me?' Instead, our questions will become, 'What can I learn from this experience?' or 'How does the Lord want me to handle this?

The experience of democracy is like the experience of life itself-always changing, infinite in its variety, sometimes turbulent and all the more valuable for having been tested by adversity.

The word 'resilience,' in our American culture is closely aligned with 'grit,' and that word implies a certain moral fiber that says you can survive and thrive in any adversity, because you are strong - but that message of strength is both disqualifying and problematic.

Adversity is the refiner's fire that bends iron but tempers steel.

In prosperity prepare for a change; in adversity hope for one.

Adversity is a stimulus.

Much that we call evil is really good in disguises; and we should not quarrel rashly with adversities not yet understood, nor overlook the mercies often bound up in them.

A good resolve will make any port.

Adversity is wont to reveal genius, prosperity to hide it.

Much dearer be the things which come through hard distress.

Of all the uses of adversity which are sweet, none are sweeter than those which grow out of disappointed love.

The fire of my adversity has purged the mass of my acquaintance.

In this wild world the fondest and the best Are the most tried, most troubled and distress'd.

Necessity is an interpretation, not a fact.

When you take the problems of the world on your shoulders, your body doesn't feel good. It's just that simple. Leave the problems of the world to the individual problem-makers of the world, and you be the joy-seeker that you are.

Remember also that it is not knowledge but the yearning for knowledge that makes for a complete, accomplished man. Such a man does not stand still but perseveres in the face of adversity, nor does he remain untouched by the pain cause by absence. On the contrary, he recognizes himself in each cry, uttered or repressed, in the smallest rift, in the most pressing need.

If a man cannot understand the beauty of life, it is probably because life never understood the beauty in him.

Let us remember that the times which future generations delight to recall are not those of ease and prosperity, but those of adversity bravely borne.

Passion is the great slayer of adversity. Focus on strengths and what you enjoy.