quotations about adversity
The day of adversity is one from which none are absolutely secure. Some, indeed, bring adversity on themselves by their own folly; but the wise as well as the foolish are liable to it, and all should be prepared for it.
R. B.
United Presbyterian Magazine, Dec. 1, 1879
Adversity is a severe instructor, set over us by one who knows us better than we do ourselves.
EDMUND BURKE
attributed, The Forbes Book of Business Quotations
It is often better to have a great deal of harm happen to one than a little; a great deal may rouse you to remove, what a little will only accustom you to endure.
FULKE GREVILLE
Maxims, Characters and Reflections
Wherever souls are being tried and ripened, in whatever commonplace and homely ways, there God is hewing out the pillars for His temple.
PHILLIPS BROOKS
The Candle of the Lord and Other Sermons
Man needs difficulties; they are necessary for health.
CARL JUNG
The Transcendent Function
Keen adversity is the best crucible in which to try a man's integrity.
WILLIAM SCOTT DOWNEY
Proverbs
In any adversity that happens to us in the world, we ought to consider that misery and affliction are not less natural than snow and hail, storm and tempest: And it were as reasonable to hope for a year without winter, as for a life without trouble.
WELLINS CALCOTT
Thoughts Moral and Divine
Emerging from your adversity a newly changed and mentally ready individual and changed person can help you elevate yourself to new level when times are hard and life is dark.
MARIA BALDWIN
"Learn how to overcome your struggles", Daily Eastern News, February 11, 2016
From sports I have learned that adversity is normal, but it is through those hardships that normal people are prepared to accomplish great things.
JOHN GAINES
"John Gaines continues to PUSH and inspire", USA Today, February 11, 2016
Adversity borrows its sharpest sting from impatience.
BISHOP HORNE
attributed, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers
Life is truly known only to those who suffer, lose, endure adversity, and stumble from defeat to defeat.
RYSZARD KAPUSCINSKI
Granta
Adversity is not a curse, for it is often, if not always, necessary to our welfare and happiness. It is like medicine to the sick, which if it be unpalatable is still salutary.
T. J. SAWYER
The Christian Messenger, Jun. 23, 1832
The discipline to keep going in the face of adversity is what separates the exceptional performers from the rest of the pack. When the road gets rocky and takes some unexpected twists and turns, you can sit by the side, make excuses, and watch others go by. Or you can push on despite the terrain.
JOHN GLENNON
"Desire and Drive: Is it enough?", Kamloops This Week, March 3, 2016
Missing a jump shot and losing a basketball game doesn't even qualify as adversity. Adversity is watching your mother have to decide between buying you a pair of shoes or paying the overdue electric bill. Adversity is losing a loved one to gun violence, growing up without a father, or having siblings suffer from lead poisoning from their own water supply. Adversity is trying to raise your 15-year-old brother while playing college basketball and going to class.
MATT ZIMMER
"SDSU's Deondre Parks: Hero at Home", Argus Leader, March 3, 2016
Being able to overcome adversity is a great triumph and something to be celebrated. Of course, no one's life will be without difficulty. We should be sure to cherish significant accomplishments in life. However, we must be careful when considering what we will classify as problems and challenges in need of overcoming. While certain characteristics may put a person at a disadvantage in the world as it is today, this does not mean that a certain aspect of their lived experience is the problem itself.
ELIZABETH HASCHER
"The narrative of overcoming", Observer Online, March 2, 2016
It's like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger they were. And sometimes you didn't want to know the end ... because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened? But in the end, it's only a passing thing ... this shadow. Even darkness must pass.
SAM
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Adversity successfully overcome is the highest glory.
ANONYMOUS
Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages
For some adversity comes into our life like an ever-changing kaleidoscope and changes the pattern we laid out for our life. Some others are born into adversity and must learn survival tactics. When adversity is conquered, the skills learned, in the doing, are the golden treasures of life's experience.
BARBARA B. BERGSTROM
Don't Forget Your Keys
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
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