quotations about adversity
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.
OPRAH WINFREY
O Magazine, Apr. 2007
Adversity is bitter, but its uses may be sweet.
BRAD THOMAS
"Life Lessons: Why I Own Kimco Realty", Seeking Alpha, February 18, 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
If afflictions refine some, they consume others.
THOMAS FULLER
Gnomologia
Thrive on adversity, train in discomfort, embrace the suck and conquer it.
LU LASTRA
"Mental Toughness: What Exactly Is It?", ShadowSpear Special Operations, March 2, 2016
With every adversity comes a blessing because a shock acts as a reminder to oneself that we must not get stale in routine.
BRUCE LEE
Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living
A team with a short memory which can execute in the face of adversity is the team that wins.
JOCELYN SHEETS
"Chargers slip past Cardinals in substate final", Newton Daily News, March 1, 2016
The truth is that adversity is a part of most days. Whether you are ultimately weakened or strengthened by each event, or the accumulation of events, will depend on you first mastering the ability to Take It On!
ERIK WEIHENMAYER
The Adversity Advantage
There is not unmitigated ill in the sharpest of this world's sorrows; I touch not the sore of thy guilt; but of human griefs I counsel thee, Cast off the weakness of regret, and gird thee to redeem thy loss: Thou has gained, in the furnace of affliction, self-knowledge, patience and humility, And these be as precious ore, that waiteth the skill of the coiner: Despise not the blessings of adversity, nor the gain thou hast earned so hardly, And now thou hast drained the bitter, take heed that thou lose not the sweet.
MARTIN FARQUHAR TUPPER
Proverbial Philosophy
The uncanny ability to overcome adversity is in the DNA of ... champions.
ROGER GROVES
"Despite Opening Game Loss Notre Dame Is National Championship Material", Forbes, September 5, 2016
Experiencing adversity is a great excuse for people not to take charge of their lives.
TIFFANY MASON
"4 Proven Ways to Overcome Adversity", PsychCentral, March 28, 2014
Sweet are the uses of adversity, which like the toad, ugly and venemous, wears yet a precious jewel in his head.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
As You Like It
The flower that blooms in adversity is the most beautiful of all.
SUSAN R. STREET-BEAVERS
Chaplaincy: What in "H" Was I Thinking?
Adversity is opportunity.
DAMION LEE
"From Lewis and Lee, leadership that transcends a scandal", WDRB, February 7, 2016
The worse our state of wretchedness, the more we are open to receive the blessings of happiness. Adversity is the only tutor of contentment. No man, unless his mouth has been embittered with gall, can taste the true savour of honey.
ANTHONY LISLE
The Westminster Review, Jan. 1914