Quotes about adversity

I come from strong people who believe in the freedom of expression and, of course, a culture that believes in that. So the idea of overcoming adversity is something that is not unfamiliar.

This is where Mother and I differ greatly. Her advice in the face of melancholy is: 'Think about all the suffering in the world and be thankful you're not part of it.' My advice is: 'Go outside and try to recapture the happiness within yourself think of all the beauty in yourself and in everything around you and be happy.

Never forget the life experiences Aloneness and companionship.Cold and warmth.Hard times and good times.Failure and success.Pain and healing.Planting and harvesting.Poverty and prosperity.Searching and finding.Sorrow and happiness.Tears and joy.

Adversity discourages losers adversity inspires winners.

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.

There is no avoiding war it can only be postponed to the advantage of others.

Our triumph over sorrow is not that we can avoid it but that we can endure it. And therein lies our hope that in spirit we might become bigger than the problems we face.

The distance doesn't matter it is only the first step that is difficult.

The successful have the courage to walk each day toward somethingonly after coming through something.

The successful possess the courage to walk each day toward something after coming through everything.

You don't drown by falling in the water you drown by staying there.

He felt that every sorrow was less than that which separation must produce and that to share adversity with her was greater happiness than the enjoyment prosperity apart from her.

Evil originates not in the absence of guilt but in our effort to escape it.

The destination is fulfilling when the path is authentically your own find the courage and forge your own path your essence is at stake

The riches of adversity we were made thinkers and writers.

Some days you feel like you're the worst of sinners others like you're the most righteous person on earth. I am convinced that the former is when you're closest to God.

Struggle is the meaning of life defeat or victory is in the hands of God. But struggle itself is man’s duty and should be his joy.

Every violent storm will eventually give way to sunshine every dark night will finally fade into dawn.

Patience is produced in the midst of storms it blossoms under the intense pressures of the storms.

Life with trials hard may press meHeaven will bring me sweeter rest.

Prosperity is no just scale adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.

Let me embrace thee, sour adversity, for wise men say it is the wisest course.

Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.

Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters.

I'm used to adversity and working really well in difficult situations. It was hard for me to accept the success.

'Option B' draws not just on my story but on the research and stories of many people overcoming all kinds of adversity. No one should have to go through challenges and trauma alone.

Of all the things people have taught me regarding life lessons or anything that would benefit me, I don't think anything helped me learn more about life than football. You go through so many different things: adversity, how to handle adversity, how to handle success, how to lead, how to be a teammate, how to communicate.

Everyone is handed adversity in life. No one's journey is easy. It's how they handle it that makes people unique.

If you live long enough, you'll make mistakes. But if you learn from them, you'll be a better person. It's how you handle adversity, not how it affects you. The main thing is never quit, never quit, never quit.

Grit your teeth and smile. In the face of adversity, go. They don't deserve you.

A leader must lead. Where others see obstacles, he must see opportunities. When others see problems, he must see possibilities ... Civilization is not built on a negation but on an affirmation- an affirmation of the bright and promising possibilities that the future holds for those who are enterprising enough to pursue them.

Adversity is the test of strength in every soul.

The soul awakens in times obscurity by divine grace.

Hope is strength of soul.

Mediate on the Scripture to nourish your soul.

If I were to believe in God enough to call him a murderer, then I might also believe enough that he, as a spirit, exists beyond death; and therefore only he could do it righteously. For the physical being kills a man and hatefully sends him away, whereas God, the spiritual being, kills a man and lovingly draws him nigh.

Adversity tests what the soul can endure.

Adversity quickens the mind, awakens the spirit and strength the soul.

The soul gets tougher with every endure situation.

In the darkness time, the soul evolves to give light to the spirit.

The real character of leaders does not show in fair weathers. When the sun of life begins to go hot, you will see for yourself some leaders are already melting off!

They'll tell you who they think you should be they'll even try to manipulate you into believing it but let me tell you something son, if I listened to who I was supposed to be - this, everything we are and do wouldn't be in existence. Be a leader, find yourself and make a life with it. Those who judge you and try to force the patterns of their beliefs onto you are envious they haven't the strength in themselves to do the same.

Yes, You Can!You Can Turn Your... ...Adversity into Your Advantage...Mess into Your Message...Test into Your Testimony...Pain into Your Possibilities ...Setback into a Major Comeback...Gift into Greatness ...Passion into Profit...Success into Significance ...Limitation into Creativity Most importantly, you can and will turn your dreams into reality!

Everyone appears to be courageous until bad weathers arrive, and then we know the true leaders.

When dark situations arise, it is opportunity for you to reveal the leader in you. Rise and deal with them.

Whenever, you face a challenge, it is time for a change.

This rose is not so fragrant as a summer flower, but it has stood through hardships none of them could bear: the cold rain of winter has sufficed to nourish it, and its faint sun to warm it; the bleak winds have not blanched it, or broken its stem, and the keen frost has not blighted it. Look, Gilbert, it is still fresh and blooming as a flower can be, with the cold snow even now on its petals.

I became a mother before becoming sick, but i never expected sickness to take away my independent mothering, so i plant trees to sooth my soul from the aching pains of losing the maternal ability to mother another child. My first born will be my only treasure, the one who knew who i was before the mess entered our lives and also the one who adapted with me to a reality we weren't certain of oh and lots of plants and plants and plants.

But never had their youthful beauty seemed so pure and high, as when its glow was chastened by adversity.

Adversity draws men together and produces beauty and harmony in life's relationships, just as the cold of winter produces ice-flowers on the window-panes, which vanish with the warmth.

The unteachable man is sentenced to being taught only by experience. The tragedy is he reaches nothing further than his own pain.

If a man cannot understand the beauty of life, it is probably because life never understood the beauty in him.

I am unpersuaded that relative poverty and hard work are greater adversities than relative affluence and free time.

The father and daughter made their way north, through unknown sylvan paradises where only the owls and skunks know their way around. The hard work of paddling non-stop for many hours had long since stopped being difficult for Saweyimew. In spite of her beauty and grace, her back had grown strong and sinewy from years of canoe trips. She reveled in the exhilaration it always brought her, after the first few hours left her body insensible to pain or discomfort. Warm and tingly, lulled into peacefu

ENDURANCEI don't know you,But I love you,Just as God loves me and you.The sun and the moonAre opposing forces,But they still greet each other,Peacefully,As one awakens in the morning,Just as the other goes to sleep.Life has pounded me downAnd thrashed me around,Time and time again,But I always get right back up,Because I still love life -Just as the earth still lovesThe rain.

Human being may fail you, but God will never forsake thee.

You can survive any situation with strength of spirit and soul.

You have to go through the spiritual fires to know the strength of your faith.

The soul awakens in times of difficulty by divine grace.

Christianity is living hope.

I make art when I can't gather the words to say.

She never allowed the external world to change her soul, that was her magic.

You might not get the apology you deserve. You might not get answers to explain the actions of others. You might not get truth that makes sense to you. You might not get people to understand what you went through because of them. You might not get communication. You might not get maturity. You might not get mercy or even common decency. You might not get respect or the chance to explain your side of the story. However, you do get to choose how people treat you. God loves you enough to bring peop

We can see the beauty of life, with positive focus.

We don’t survive to live. We live to survive.

No matter what happens to you, if you have life, with faith and hope, you will live to see your situation change.

When faced with a difficult situation, do not panic but pray!

You ought to pray, read and mediate on word of God. These acts lead to the greatest spiritual awaken.

God’s manifest His mighty power, when we absolute depend on Him.

We are empowered by God to overcome every adversity.

Stop complaining. Be grateful for every circumstance.

The grace of endurance is the great power of God at work within us.

We face many trials, beyond our human ability to endure. We learn to depend on only God’s grace.

God continue to rescue us from mortal sufferings.

Don’t complain. Find the courage to be grateful for every circumstance.

If we focus on the problems of life, we will be paralysed. But we dwell on the promise of God; we find the faith, hope and courage to survive life.

The sweetness of adversity: we develop the sanity of solitude.

The Lord cared for us in the wilderness. May we never forget Him in times of abundance.

In the midst of the storm, my only anchor is the Saviour.

Faith gives us strength.Grace gives us power.Hope gives us anchor.

To get power is to pray.

Without adversity, we will not have seen the sweetness of God’s splendid.

Enjoy the times of plentiful and endure the times of scarcity.

Whatever your situation, may you find hope.

You can read the word of God, but without mediation and prayer, we become spiritually weak and unfilled.

Often those that criticise others reveal what he himself lacks.

...the sorrows God sent us brought comfort and strength with them, while the sorrows we brought on ourselves, through folly or wickedness, were by far the hardest to bear.

Easily mistaken, it is not about a love for adversity, it is about knowing a strength and a faith so great that adversity, in all its adverse manifestations, hardly even exists.

Time has always been the greatest ally to Truth, because Time eventually relieves and reveals all.

So 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.

Love is as simple as the absence of self given to another. God, when invited, fills the void of any unrequited love; hence loving is how one is drawn closer to God no matter its most horrific repercussions.

The Anatomy of Conflict:If there is no communication then there is no respect. If there is no respect then there is no caring. If there is no caring then there is no understanding. If there is no understanding then there is no compassion. If there is no compassion then there is no empathy. If there is no empathy then there is no forgiveness. If there is no forgiveness then there is no kindness. If there is no kindness then there is no honesty. If there is no honesty then there is no love. If the

A best friend is the only one that walks into your life when the world has walked out.

You can't be brave if you've only had wonderful things happen to you.

Difficulties and adversities viciously force all their might on us and cause us to fall apart, but they are necessary elements of individual growth and reveal our true potential. We have got to endure and overcome them, and move forward. Never lose hope. Storms make people stronger and never last forever.

When things do not go your way, remember that every challenge — every adversity — contains within it the seeds of opportunity and growth.

But if everything was always smooth and perfect, you'd get too used to that, you know? You have to have a little bit of disorganization now and then. Otherwise, you'll never really enjoy it when things go right.

Hardships make or break people.

Challenge and adversity are meant to help you know who you are. Storms hit your weakness, but unlock your true strength.