quotations about adversity
In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.
ALBERT EINSTEIN
attributed, A Mind and Heart for Wellness
Stars may be seen from the bottom of a deep well, when they cannot be discerned from the top of a mountain. So are many things learned in adversity which the prosperous man dreams not of.
CHARLES HADDON SPURGEON
The Saint and His Saviour
Adversity is the first path to truth.
LORD BYRON
Don Juan
Prosperity is no just scale, adversity is the only balance to try friends.
PLUTARCH
attributed, A Dictionary of Thoughts
Adversity is a way of life and God is there in that time of need.
DABO SWINNEY
"Clemson's Dabo Swinney shares 'SWAG' story", Times Enterprise, February 25, 2016
Dealing with adversity is like preparing for surgery. By putting our faith in what the doctor has said, we believe we will be better off if we have the surgery. But that does not make it any less painful. By submitting to the hand of a surgeon, we are saying that our ultimate goal is health, even at the cost of pain. Adversity is the same way. It is a means to an end. It is God's tool for the advancement of our spiritual lives.
CHARLES F. STANLEY
How to Handle Adversity
It is more useful to watch a man in times of peril, and in adversity to discern what kind of man he is; for then at last words of truth are drawn from the depths of his heart, and the mask is torn off, reality remains.
LUCRETIUS
De Rerum Natura
There is no education like adversity.
BENJAMIN DISRAELI
Endymion
Abused prosperity is oftentimes made the very means of our greatest adversity.
DANIEL DEFOE
Robinson Crusoe
Adversity has ever been considered the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted with himself, then, especially, being free from flatterers.
SAMUEL JOHNSON
attributed, A Dictionary of Thoughts
Adversity is the diamond dust Heaven polishes its jewels with.
ROBERT LEIGHTON
attributed, A Dictionary of Thoughts
If we miss the opportunity for growth we waste our adversity and come out on the other side the same.
CLARENCE LEE JR.
"Adversity is Preparation", The Lee Blog
It's tempting to suppose that adversity is a precursor to strong leadership. But it's not the adversity that foments achievement, it's an individual's response to adversity--their degree of resilience. Resilience, the ability to bounce back after a setback, is an emotional muscle that grows stronger with use. The more frequent and intense the adversity--situations where one is under fire, facing a formidable foe or suffering with hardship--the more one's resilience is tested and fortified. Note the strong relationship between adversity and resilience. Without adversity, our resilience muscles atrophy. If life is too comfortable, we never practice "bouncing back." If we never fail or lose, we miss the confidence-building experience of coming from behind to win.
JOHN ENGELS
"Adversity and resilience can become leadership assets", Rochester Business Journal, January 29, 2016
There is an elasticity in the human mind, capable of bearing much, but which will not show itself, until a certain weight of affliction be put upon it; its powers may be compared to those vehicles whose springs are so contrived that they get on smoothly enough when loaded, but jolt confoundedly when they have nothing to bear.
CHARLES CALEB COLTON
Lacon
Adversity is a misperception as all works toward the good.
JULIA CAMERON
Prayers to the Great Creator
Adversity is like the period of the former and of the latter rain--cold, comfortless, unfriendly to man and to animal; yet from that season have their birth, the flower, and the fruit, the date, the rose, and the pomegranate.
SIR WALTER SCOTT
The Talisman
Adversity is only sand on your track to prevent you from skidding.
CROFT M. PENTZ
1001 Things Your Mother Told You
Difficulties strengthen the mind as labor does the body.
SENECA
Seneca's Morals
The shade of faith and the cloak of true godliness is the best equipage for the storm of adversity.
WILLIAM SCOTT DOWNEY
Proverbs
Adversity is a good thing in the long run if everyone involved understands how it shapes their character, and it brings out the true colors of a team.
BROC THREINEN
"Football preview: Kasson-Mantorville at Lourdes", Post Bulletin, September 30, 2016