Famous Quotes & Sayings

James Taylor

There's been plenty of adversity, starting the moment he was born. He had a respiratory crisis, and it was touch and go for a week whether he would survive. I think ever since, you can feel this pulse in the guy, an almost physical enthusiasm.

Emily Dickinson

He deposes Doom Who hath suffered him.

Emily Dickinson

Prosperity Whose sources are interior. As soon Adversity A diamond overtake.

Tom Renney

All the cliches fit. It's a very valuable time for us if we get through this adversity, because it's going to galvanize our group and define our organization moving forward.

Aaron Kampman

All season, we haven't given in to the adversity. (Monday), at times, we gave in to all of the negatives.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Sail forth into the sea of life, O gentle, loving, trusting wife, And safe from all adversity Upon the bosom of that sea Thy comings and thy goings be! For gentleness and love and trust Prevail o'er angry wave and gust; And in the wreck of noble lives Something immortal still survives.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The rays of happiness, like those of light, are colorless when unbroken.

Hayley Wickenheiser

Many times I had to dig deep and perform. All of that adversity helped me and drove me to want to be the best.

Herodotus

Adversity has the effect of drawing out strength and qualities of a man that would have laid dormant in its absence.

Henry Ford

If I lose a billion dollars, I will have it back in less than five years.

Heraclitus

Greater dooms win greater destinies.

Heraclitus

It would not be better if things happened to men just as they wish

Henry Ward Beecher

Adversity, if for no other reason, is of benefit, since it is sure to bring a season of sober reflection. People see clearer at such times. Storms purify the atmosphere.

Henry Ward Beecher

You have come into a hard world. I know of only one easy place in it, and that is the grave.

Henry Ward Beecher

Adversity is the mint in which God stamps upon man his image and superscription.

Jim Lee

Lois pursues the truth no matter what sort of adversity faces her. I think Superman sees that, and it's the same moral compass that he has from the Kents.

Scott Johnson

Tough times breed tough men and we are taking a tough team to Dublin to play tough rugby. We are going to look squarely in the face of adversity and show a different side to our characters this weekend.

It's just special. The adversity these girls have faced and the way they've gone through it with such character is just so exciting.

Craig Biggio

It's a tough loss. We've been through a lot of adversity all season long. We've been able to bounce back and come back.

James Reston

Americans have always been able to handle austerity and even adversity. Prosperity is what is doing us in.

Forget the times of your distress, but never forget what they taught you.

For every game he plays, he just provides more evidence that he belongs. We've watched him close and he's shown no signs of fatigue. It's a long season and we'll go through some adversity as a team and he will as an individual. But we feel comfortable that he's a mature kid.

For all the adversity he faced this year, he never once made it about him, it was always about the team. Considering all the circumstances he was under, I can only imagine that was extremely hard.

Horace Greeley

The Republic need to be passed through chastening, purifying fires of adversity and suffering; so these came and did their work and the verdure of a new national life springs greenly, luxuriantly, from their ashes

There's a lot of football loft to be played. We've struggled with adversity -- a coaching change at the beginning of the season and another (last week). Now, we're trying to come together as a team. We feel like we have the foundation to win another division championship.

It is prosperity that gives us friends, adversity that proves them.

It's a great opportunity. Obviously, there's going to be some adversity up there as far as playing at their stadium against the reigning world champions and all the other things that will be spoken about all week long. It's a great opportunity for us to show what kind of team we think we are.

Matt Hasselbeck

It's a great feeling in our locker room right now, because we did come together. There is something a little bit more special about fighting through adversity and hanging in there in a tough game against a really good defense. Guys get hurt. Pork Chop Womack filled in at left tackle for Walter Jones for a couple of plays. He said something like, 'Did I make you nervous in there when Walt was out?' I told him no.

Michael Robinson

I told myself that, Mike, you can overcome adversity on the field, ... In the past when things didn't go right, I started to hang my head and it was like a snowball effect.

It's a huge game to beat Benton. It's a big rivalry. I get up for the Benton week. I think our kids do, maybe we do even more than the kids because we remember how it was years ago. I think it's still a big rivalry. We had a ton of adversity this week and our seniors really came together. We had a teammate (FCHS senior Wes Miller) who was in a coma in St. Louis. I had no idea how we were going to show up. We had some kids miss practice to go up there, and that's fantastic. They really stood by their fallen teammate. We've been preaching all week to come together as a team and I think we did tonight.

It?s all about us having that focus and being together even when we hit adversity. We just have to keep banding together and fighting to come out with a win.

It's all about overcoming adversity. It's about being down and coming back.

This is the law of prosperity. When apparent adversity comes, be not cast down by it, but make the best of it., and always look forward for better things, for conditions more prosperous.