Adversity Quotes

Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man; but for one man who can stand prosperity, there are a hundred that will stand adversity.

I am a quiet man who grows through adversity.

I didn't care what, how much adversity life threw at me. I intended to get to the top.

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

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.

Nothing is harder to direct than a man in prosperity; nothing more easily managed that one is adversity.

Life is truly known only to those who suffer, lose, endure adversity and stumble from defeat to defeat.

One of the greatest gifts my father gave me - unintentionally - was witnessing the courage with which he bore adversity. We had a bit of a rollercoaster life with some really challenging financial periods. He was always unshaken, completely tranquil, the same ebullient, laughing, jovial man.

I think that everything you do helps you to write if you're a writer. Adversity and success both contribute largely to making you what you are. If you don't experience either one of those, you're being deprived of something.

Many who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy; many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable.

When adversity strikes, that's when you have to be the most calm. Take a step back, stay strong, stay grounded and press on.

Adversity is the state in which man most easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free of admirers then.

Weak minds sink under prosperity as well as adversity; but strong and deep ones have two high tides.

The pressure of adversity does not affect the mind of the brave man... It is more powerful than external circumstances.

Seven and half years ago I began my own journey. For me and my family it was a time of adversity. But during that adversity I derived a deeper faith. And born out of that adversity was a commitment to devote myself to those people and to those issues that truly matter to me.

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

Show me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I'll show you someone who has overcome adversity.

Those who kept their sanity and humanity intact in the face of awful adversity. Heroes named and unnamed, some known only to God.

The overcoming of adversity and, ultimately, denying it the rite of passage, has been a constant and perpetual motive throughout my life.

A heart well prepared for adversity in bad times hopes, and in good times fears for a change in fortune.

In times of great stress or adversity, it's always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive.

He knows not his own strength who hath not met adversity.

Individually and collectively, Cherokee people possess an extraordinary ability to face down adversity and continue moving forward.

Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.

Remember the great adversity of art or anything else is a hurried life.

The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity.

You don't develop courage by being happy in your relationships everyday. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity.

A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity 'til he has tasted adversity.

Under adversity, under oppression, the words begin to fail, the easy words begin to fail. In order to convey things accurately, the human being is almost forced to find the most precise words possible, which is a precondition for literature.

Every adversity, every failure, and every heartache, carries with it the Seed of an equivalent or greater Benefit.