Quotes about adversity
adversity men privilege
To have become a deeper man is the privilege of those who have suffered. Oscar Wilde
adversity past knowing
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. Kristi Yamaguchi
adversity leader challenges
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
adversity people grace
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.
adversity demand prosperity
Prosperity demands of us more prudence and moderation than adversity. Marcus Tullius Cicero
adversity mind bears
It shows a weak mind not to bear prosperity as well as adversity with moderation.
adversity guys stepped time
Any time we've had something happen, we've really woken up. Any adversity and the guys have really stepped up.
adversity step time unique willing
Every time we've had adversity, we've responded. That's one of the unique things about this team. When you have the unselfishness that they have, you're willing to step it up.
adversity batch couple difference football hard huge kids last overcome played plays
The kids have overcome a huge batch of adversity the last two weeks. I thought they played very hard tonight. A couple plays made a big difference in the football game.
adversity men different
God has come again and again in various Forms, has spoken again and again in different words and different languages the Same One Truth but how many are there that live up to it? Instead of making Truth the vitalbreath of his life, man compromises by making over and over againa mechanical religion of it a handy staff to lean on in times of adversity, a soothing balm for his conscience or a tradition to be followed. Meher Baba
adversity names world
Dear friends, may no adversity paralyze you. Be afraid neither of the world, nor of the future, nor of your weakness. The Lord has allowed you to live in this moment of history so that, by your faith, his name will continue to resound throughout the world. Pope Benedict XVI
adversity men misfortunes
With man, most of his misfortunes are occasioned by man. Pliny the Elder
adversity men way
The measure of a man is the way he bears up under misfortune. Plutarch
adversity men prosperity
Nothing is harder to direct than a man in prosperity; nothing more easily managed that one is adversity.
adversity nba-championships feelings
And the vision that I had when I decided to come here is all coming true. Through adversity, through everything we've been through, we've been able to persevere ... It's an unbelievable feeling. Micky Arison
adversity people sometimes
It is true that people are sometimes hit by adversities beyond their control. But those so affected are better helped when they are awakened to the resources they do possess than when they are told they don't have any. Nathaniel Branden
adversity giving wish
I trust that God wouldn't give me more than I can handle. I just wish he didn't have such faith in me. Mother Teresa
adversity people stronger
Adversities such as being homeless and going to prison has made many people stronger. Philip Emeagwali
adversity promise wonderful
Life didn't promise to be wonderful. Teddy Pendergrass
adversity writing thinking
I think that everything you do helps you to write if you're a writer. Adversity and success both contribute largely to making you what you are. If you don't experience either one of those, you're being deprived of something. Shelby Foote
adversity bored laughing
They say that if you get bored enough with calamity you can learn to laugh. Lawrence Durrell
adversity bitterness bears
Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, 'This is a misfortune' but 'To bear this worthily is good fortune.' Marcus Aurelius
adversity giving nails
In the meantime, cling tooth and nail to the following rule: not to give in to adversity, not to trust prosperity, and always take full note of fortune's habit of behaving just as she pleases.
adversity men endure
Nothing befalls a man except what is in his nature to endure.
adversity cucumbers path
The cucumber is bitter? Then throw it out. There are brambles in the path? Then go around. That's all you need to know.
adversity helping harmony
When jarred, unavoidably, by circumstance revert at once to yourself and don't lose the rhythm more than you can help. You'll have a better grasp of harmony if you keep going back to it.
adversity poverty youth
In my youth, poverty enriched me, but now I can afford wealth. Marc Chagall
adversity men doe
The measure of every man’s virtue is best revealed in time of adversity - adversity that does not weaken a man but rather shows what he is. Thomas a Kempis
adversity men iron
As iron put into the fire loseth its rust and becometh clearly red-hot, so he that wholly turneth himself unto God puts off all slothfulness, and is transformed into a new man.
adversity heaven suffering
How should thy patience be crowned in heaven if none adversity should befall to thee in earth? If thou wilt suffer none adversity how mayest thou be the friend of Christ?
adversity men virtue
Occasions of adversity best discover how great virtue or strength each one hath. For occasions do not make a man frail, but they show what he is.
adversity temptation trying
Do not try to find a place free from temptations and troubles. Rather, seek a peace that endures even when you are beset by various temptations and tried by much adversity.
adversity men way
Adversity has a way of introducing a man to himself. Shia LaBeouf