Adversity Quotes III

No adversity is in kind or degree peculiar to us; but if we survey the conditions of other men (of our brethren everywhere, of our neighbours all about us), and compare our case with theirs, we shall find that we have many consorts and associates in adversity, most as ill, many far worse bestead than ourselves; whence it must be a great fondness and perverseness to be displeased that we are not exempted from, but exposed to bear a share in the common troubles and burdens of mankind.

ISAAC BARROW

"Of Patience"

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All have their miseries.... He is not truly a man who has not experienced adversity.

EDWARD COUNSEL

Maxims

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The best way to deal with adversity is to not have it.

WILTON SPEIGHT

"College football: Adversity no issue for U-M", Southbend Tribune, September 18, 2016

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If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.

ANNE BRADSTREET

Meditations Divine and Moral

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Kites rise against, not with the wind. No man has ever worked his passage anywhere in a dead calm.

JOHN NEAL

Forbes Magazine, 1970

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Challenges are where you grow, adversity is what makes you stronger.

RYAN MCGUYRE

"Baylor Volleyball Treks to Showdown with No. 8 Kansas", Baylor Bears, September 30, 2016

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Even the severed branch grows again, and the sunken moon returns: wise men who ponder this are not troubled in adversity.

BHARTRHARI

attributed, Splendors of the Pearl

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Adversity is real, and if you let it beat your, you stay in that slump.

MERCEDES LEWIS

"View from the O-Zone: 'Nobodys fault outside mine'", Jacksonville Jaguars, September 25, 2016

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As soon as ever thou feelest that any tribulation or adversity is coming upon thee, turn thy mind to the Lord, and commit thyself utterly to Him, without murmuring or seeking a reason for the injury. If thou wilt lament, instead of laying thy complaints before men, lay them humbly before the Lord, treating with Him of whatever grieves thee, as with a most pitiful Father and most present Helper. For His sake bear all things with equanimity. Though the devils lie in wait, and spread the snares of temptations; though thou findest the path of virtue and justice difficult; though one slanders and another oppresses thee; though the cold pinches and the heat burns thee; though thy stomach is weak and thy head aches; though rottenness enter into thy bones, and swarm under thee; though thy mind is overclouded and covered with darkness, and tormented by uncertainty; though thy weary spirit slumbers and is chilled by interior coldness; do thou ever remember to preserve thy patience.

LUDOVICUS BLOSIUS

Spiritual Works of Louis of Blois

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Adversity causes some men to break, and others to break records.

WILLIAM ARTHUR WARD

Thoughts of a Christian Optimist

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It doesn't matter how many setbacks you come across, it's the comeback that will make your story stand the test of time.

TOFE EVANS

"Adversity Is Your Greatest Tool"