Quotes about adversity-quotes
Matshona Dhliwayo -
Don’t resent the sky for its storms esteem it for its rainbows.
Matshona Dhliwayo -
Learn from seeds even after falling to the ground they muster enough strength to rise.
Matshona Dhliwayo -
Never despise a seed one day it will rise and bloom into a forest.
Matshona Dhliwayo -
Diamonds are formed in pressure that is why God allows you to go through difficult times.
Matshona Dhliwayo -
Life is a thorough university pain and hardship are its distinguished professors.
Matshona Dhliwayo -
Don’t be afraid of criticism the tallest trees are always confronted by the strongest winds.
Matshona Dhliwayo -
The storm is an artist the rainbow is its masterpiece.
Matshona Dhliwayo -
Pressure is an artist diamonds are its masterpiece.
Edie Littlefield Sundby - The Mission Walker: I was given three months to live...
A long walk is a slow remembering of how profound and wonderful life is God is everywhere and in everything. Wherever I look I am looking at God.
Edie Littlefield Sundby - The Mission Walker: I was given three months to live...
I came to realize we are held in the arms of God and are utterly completely safe - in life and in death whether walking alone or with others.
Matshona Dhliwayo -
The ocean is never afraid of wind rising against it it creates beautiful waves instead.
Matshona Dhliwayo -
Average people focus on the stormextraordinary people look forward to the rainbow.
Matshona Dhliwayo -
Adversity builds characterand character is who we arecharacter moulds who we becomefor all and not just for some.
Matshona Dhliwayo -
There is no better teacher than adversitythere is none wiser than its student.
Carlos Wallace - The Other 99 T.Y.M.E.S: Train Your Mind to Enjoy Serenity
It is never prudent to bury our heads in the sand when in distress or faced with adversity to place our hands over our eyes in a feeble attempt to hide from the inevitable.
Johnnie Dent Jr. -
The successful have the courage to walk each day toward somethingonly after coming through something.
Johnnie Dent Jr. -
The successful possess the courage to walk each day toward something after coming through everything.
Matshona Dhliwayo -
Life is a sage’s university hardship is his professor.
Matshona Dhliwayo -
A diamond does not complain about the discomfort of being polished for in the end it knows it will shine.
Matshona Dhliwayo -
Don’t aim to break the glass ceiling aim to shatter it.
Matshona Dhliwayo -
You are a seed that is why God plants you in adversity when He wants you to grow.
Matshona Dhliwayo -
In storms look for rainbows in sunshine prepare for storms.
Lailah Gifty Akita - Think Great: Be Great!
May grace abound to you you overcome any challenging situation.
Matshona Dhliwayo -
Heat makes things expand that is why life sometimes throws us into a fiery furnace.
Matshona Dhliwayo -
You can crush a rose all it will do is give off perfume.
Matshona Dhliwayo -
You don’t have to wait for a storm to pass to paint your own rainbow.
Matshona Dhliwayo -
If rocks did not persevere under heat and pressure, they would never become diamonds.
Matshona Dhliwayo -
A candle is at its brightest in the dark.
Matshona Dhliwayo -
Beautiful souls are shaped by ugly experiences.
Matshona Dhliwayo -
Don't think about sharks when you are walking on water.
Matshona Dhliwayo -
A star will shine in the midst of darkness.A flower will bloom in the midst of dirt.A camel will flourish in the midst of doubt.A diamond will form in the midst of pressure.A champion will rise in the midst of hardship.
Matshona Dhliwayo -
Throw a champion into the ocean, and he’ll swim.Throw a champion into the pit, and he’ll climb.Throw him off a cliff, and he’ll grow wings.Throw him into a furnace, and he’ll become gold.
Matshona Dhliwayo -
From rocks come gold.From coal comes diamonds.From oysters come pearls.From caterpillars come butterflies.From adversity come the great.
Thea Harris - Pour the Oil
Your attitude in your storm determines how long you are in it
Kilroy J. Oldster - Dead Toad Scrolls
Any meaning of life derives from amiably accepting our anonymous role in the singular order of the universe. Such gracious reception of life’s turbulences stems from willingly capitulating to whatever fomented experiences life brings us without harboring a disconsolate degree of remorse or regret.
Dana Arcuri - Harvest of Hope: Living Victoriously Through Adversity: A 50-Day Devotional
Cultivating an attitude of gratitude begins with counting your blessings. In simpler terms, gratitude is expressing thanks for gifts we receive. Genuine gratitude helps us to see the little things in life that are often overlooked, yet so precious.
Lailah Gifty Akita - Think Great: Be Great!
You have to push through every difficulty to have a breakthrough.
Lailah Gifty Akita - Think Great: Be Great!
We have to walk by faith to possess all that is duly ours.
Lailah Gifty Akita - Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind
My hope fuels my determination to overcome any difficulty.
Matshona Dhliwayo -
Don't let yesterday’s storm keep you from enjoying today's sunshine.
Malcolm Gladwell - and the Art of Battling Giants
It was not the privileged and the fortunate who took in the Jews in France. It was the marginal and damaged, which should remind us that there are real limits to what evil and misfortune can accomplish. If you take away the gift of reading, you create the gift of listening. If you bomb a city, you leave behind death and destruction. But you create a community of remote misses. If you take away a mother or a father, you cause suffering and despair. But one time in ten, out of that despair rises a
Matshona Dhliwayo -
It is at midnight, not midday, that stars shine the brightest.
Avijeet Das -
Be proud of your struggles. Adversity brings out the best in us.
S.L. Northey -
Adversity are the lemons nobody wanted, but without them we would still be in a cave pounding rocks
Matshona Dhliwayo -
Lovely flowers sometimes bloom in ugly places.
Matshona Dhliwayo -
Moving rocks today strengthens you for moving mountains tomorrow.
Matshona Dhliwayo -
Today's tears water tomorrow's gardens.
Matshona Dhliwayo -
You cannot stop the ocean's current, but you can swim.
Matshona Dhliwayo -
As water downs ships but upholds leaves,and as fires burn cities but refines gold,so do life's troubles propel the meek to greatnessand the proud to ruin.
Matshona Dhliwayo -
When bad things happen to you, become wiser, not bitter.
Matshona Dhliwayo -
The desert is harsh, but persevering flowers flourish.
Matshona Dhliwayo -
The loveliest flowers sometimes grow in the ugliest places.
Matshona Dhliwayo -
Your back may be pushed against the wall, but your brain is not.
Matshona Dhliwayo -
Caged birds still sing beautiful symphonies.
Matshona Dhliwayo -
Seeds pour out oil when pressed.Grapes pour out wine when squeezed.Herbs pour out medicine when pounded.Flowers pour out perfume when crushed.The gifted pour out excellence when tested.
Matshona Dhliwayo -
He who runs from a challenge runs from an opportunity.
Matshona Dhliwayo -
The most beautiful rainbows are sometimes formed in the ugliest storms.
Matshona Dhliwayo -
When darkness comes,stars shine.When storms come,plants flourish.When adversity comes,champions triumph.
Matshona Dhliwayo -
A flower does not lose its beauty because it grew on concrete.
Matshona Dhliwayo -
Flowers still have to stretch to bloom.
Matshona Dhliwayo -
Flowers have to stretch to bloom.
Matshona Dhliwayo -
Your mind is greater than your problems,your heart is greater than your troubles,your soul is greater than your temptations,and your God is greater than your obstacles.
Matshona Dhliwayo -
Broken pencils still write beautiful songs.
Matshona Dhliwayo -
Pain frees you from complacency.Tears free you from sorrow.Weaknesses free you from pride.Adversity frees from boredom.Challenges free you from monotony.
Matshona Dhliwayo -
It is at night, not in the day, that stars shine the brightest.
Matshona Dhliwayo -
Impossible is what you say to yourself when you have given up.
Matshona Dhliwayo -
Only because of darkness are we able to clearly see the stars.
Matshona Dhliwayo -
Adversity is the evil twin of reward.
Matshona Dhliwayo -
Your breaking point is often your blessing point.
Matshona Dhliwayo -
As water drowns but also cleanses, so adversity scalds but also blesses.
Matshona Dhliwayo -
Present trials strengthen you for future blessings.
Matshona Dhliwayo -
The tree that stands to the tempest is strong;the tree that refuses to bend, the strongest.
Matshona Dhliwayo -
Adversity is opportunity inside out.
Matshona Dhliwayo -
Your greatest wildernesses lead you to your greatest Promised Lands.
Matshona Dhliwayo -
Adversity is the door to opportunity.
Matshona Dhliwayo -
The further you are in the wilderness, the closer the Promised Land is.
Matshona Dhliwayo -
The greater the pressure, the greater the treasure.
Matshona Dhliwayo -
Great tests precede great blessings.
Matshona Dhliwayo -
Your next victory is behind your next test.
Matshona Dhliwayo -
Trials are part of the adventure to greatness.
Matshona Dhliwayo -
As a rose blossoms despite being surrounded by thorns, bloom despite being surrounded by troubles.
Matshona Dhliwayo -
The hotter the furnace the finer the gold.
JaTawny Muckelvene Chatmon - Getting Lost
sing so loud that the musicdrowns out the sounds ofthe naysayers.one day they’ll be singingyour song.
Matshona Dhliwayo -
Through storms you are able to get all the colors you need to paint the rainbow.
Matshona Dhliwayo -
The darkest clouds precipitate the most rain.
Matshona Dhliwayo -
You are no greater than the adversity you can handle.
Lailah Gifty Akita - Think Great: Be Great!
Endure the pain, overcome the hurt.
Colishia S. Benjamin - Poetry of Life
Jesus is the light of the world. His light shines through all darkness. His love heals all hatred. His grace and mercy forgives all sins. The anointing of his blood heals the sick and the lame. His guarding angels will forever protect you and his word will forever guide you.
T.M. Gaouette - The Destiny of Sunshine Ranch
If you can’t forgive and move on, then your feelings will grow and fester and they will eat you alive.
Lailah Gifty Akita - Think Great: Be Great!
You can never be defeated in life, you are a learner.
Lailah Gifty Akita - Think Great: Be Great!
If we know what can happen in a minute will could have avoid all tragedies.
Lailah Gifty Akita - Think Great: Be Great!
There are opportunities in every struggle. Look for these opportunities and make it great.
Dana Arcuri - Harvest of Hope: Living Victoriously Through Adversity
Hope is the one positive force to help us persevere during our darkest storms. Jesus gives us hope when He walks beside us through the fiery furnace and helps us rise above adversity.
Lailah Gifty Akita - Think Great: Be Great!
The future glory far outweigh the present troubles.
Lailah Gifty Akita - Think Great: Be Great!
You have to fight the odds in life to be able to reach a greater height.
Lailah Gifty Akita - Think Great: Be Great!
Renew your mind with the knowledge on scriptures daily. You will be better equipped to handle any situation.
Kilroy J. Oldster - Dead Toad Scrolls
Every form of life must struggle. Life is an aberration; death is ordinary. Life requires obstruction, conflict, reverses, and resolve. Life requires questing. Questing provides the meaning that we seek, a purpose to justify the inevitable struggle to live knowing the absurdity that we must die.
Kilroy J. Oldster - Dead Toad Scrolls
Personal struggles, mistakes, and perseverance are part of every person’s life story. A proper mindset can turn failure into a gift. Specific human qualities such as intelligence and adaptive skills can be cultivated through applied effort to assist a person overcome a resounding failure. Each person would be wise to ask how does a person cope – grapple – with failure? We derive strength from our struggles.
Kilroy J. Oldster - Dead Toad Scrolls
A principled person’s greatest disappointment will always be his or her own failures to respond to setbacks in a dynamic and positive way.