Famous Quotes & Sayings

Neal A. Maxwell

The enlarging of the soul requires not only some remodeling, but some excavating.

Neal A. Maxwell

If one is devoid of hope and thanksgiving, he cannot for long remain sinless, for he will, in despair, have slackened his resolve. Feelings of futility foster vulnerability. Self-pity is such a busy stagehand, rearranging the scenery to help sin make its entrance. No wonder the prophets say that without faith in the Lord, there is no hope.

Neal A. Maxwell

The great challenge is to refuse to let the bad things that happen to us do bad things to us. That is the crucial difference between adversity and tragedy.

Neal A. Maxwell

These really are our days, and we can prevail and overcome, even in the midst of trends that are very disturbing. If we are faithful the day will come when those deserving pioneers and ancestors, whom we rightly praise for having overcome the adversities in the wilderness trek, will praise today’s faithful for having made their way successfully through a desert of despair and for having passed through a cultural wilderness, while still keeping the faith.

Neal A. Maxwell

The winds of tribulation, which blow out some men's candles of commitment, only fan the fires of faith of others.

Neal A. Maxwell

During our mortal schooling in submissiveness, we will see the visible crosses that some carry, but other crosses will go unseen. A few individuals may appear to have no trials at all, which, if it were so, would be a trial in itself. Indeed, if, as do trees, our souls had rings to measure the years of greatest personal growth, the wide rings would likely reflect the years of greatest moisture-but from tears, not rainfall.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

The greatness of man cannot be seen in the hours of comfort and convenience, but rather in moments of conflict/adversity

Harry S Truman

I've had a few setbacks in my life, but I never gave up.

H. L. Mencken

The notion that artists flourish upon adversity and misunderstanding, that they are able to function to the utmost in an atmosphere of indifference or hostility - this notion is nine-tenths nonsense.

Mary Wollstonecraft

I think I love most people best when they are in adversity; for pity is one of my prevailing passions.

Patty Sheehan

Enjoy the successes that you have, and don't be too hard on yourself when you don't do well. Too many times we beat up on ourselves. Just relax and enjoy it

Patrick Henry

Adversity toughens manhood, and the characteristic of the good or the great man is not that he has been exempt from the evils of life, but that he has surmounted them.

Oscar Wilde

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

Publilius Syrus

Adversity shows whether we have friends, or only the shadows of friends.

Publilius Syrus

Prosperity has no power over adversity.

Nelson Mandela

Adversity cleanses the lethargies of man

Nhat Hanh

Nonviolent action, born of the awareness of suffering and nurtured by love, is the most effective way to confront adversity.

John Ashcroft

Doing what is right in the face of adversity is not always easy or popular. Critics may assail you, but the critics don't always realize what they don't know or don't understand, because they don't have access to all the information.

Frank Herbert

To stand alone against all adversity is the most sacred moment of existence.

Harold B. Lee

Don't try to live too many days at a time.

Mike Shanahan

What I meant by that is, any time you have adversity, now you've got a chance to see all of these guys play every game the rest of the way like it's a playoff game. What you want guys to do when there's adversity is to play harder and play better, and that's when you see what kind of guys you have in your locker room.

Nancy Mitford

Sisters are a shield against life's cruel adversity.

Julian Assange

While many of the established media make losses or go bankrupt, WikiLeaks has survived a major conflict with a superpower, including an unlawful economic blockade by its banks and credit card companies and the detention of its editor. We have no debts. We have not had to fire staff. We have never lost a court case related to our publishing. We have never been forced to censor. Adversity has hardened us.

Kristi Yamaguchi

I learned to put 100 percent into what you're doing. I learned about setting goals for yourself, knowing where you want to be and taking small steps toward those goals. I learned about adversity and how to get past it.

Oprah Winfrey

Dare to be different. Be a pioneer. Be a leader. Be the kind of woman who in the face of adversity will continue to embrace life and walk fearlessly toward the challenge.

Oprah Winfrey

People never fail to amaze me. They face the unimaginable with a shot of grace and a rush of adrenaline; they steel their nerves; they summon their cool or anger or faith or whatever it takes to pull them through, and they go on to live another day.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Prosperity demands of us more prudence and moderation than adversity.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

It shows a weak mind not to bear prosperity as well as adversity with moderation.

Mark Twain

It's easy to endure adversity -- if it happens to someone else.

Howard Schultz

In times of adversity and change, we really discover who we are and what we're made of.

Ibrahim Babangida

A society that does not correctly interpret and appreciate its past cannot understand its present fortunes and adversities and can be caught unawares in a fast changing world.

Healthier employees mean happier employees. There's less absenteeism, improved productivity and lowered health care premium costs.

James E. Faust

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