Adversity Quotes - Page 55

True strength is shown by the person who remains humble, quiet, & positive throughout all adversity and maintains their path towards success.

One who was abhorred by all in prosperity is adored by all in adversity.

I've learned how to turn the adversities in my life into enriching experiences. You can actually gain a lot from adversities and they make you the person you are today.

I walked slowly out on the beach. A few yards below high-water mark I stopped and read the words again: WRITE YOUR WORRIES ON THE SAND. I let the paper blow away, reached down and picked up a fragment of shell. Kneeling there under the vault of the sky, I wrote several words, one above the other. Then I walked away, and I did not look back. I had written my troubles on the sand. The tide was coming in.

Then I walked away, and I did not look back. I had written my troubles on the sand. The tide was coming in.

When your ethnicity is heaven, then all adversity offers the gift of intimacy, driving you into the home of His heart.

In any adversity gold can find friends.

When prosperous the fool trembles for the evil that is to come; in adversity the philosopher smiles for the good that he has had.

That part of your friend which it is your privilege to contemplate in your adversity

I have come to know that adversity really means the things in life that challenge us and cause us to work with devotion and courage to overcome. I once stood on a street in Trondheim, Norway, looking up at a statue of a Viking. There came to my mind at that time a fable of the Norsemen that when a man won a victory over another, the strength of the conquered went over into his veins. Therefore, in this sense adversity is good, for it produces in us a source of strength as we learn to conquer our weaknesses.

But hey, what's life without a little adversity?" That had to have been the fakest attempt at optimism since my fourth grade teacher tried reasoning that we were better off without the dead kids in our class because it'd mean more turns on the playground swings for the rest of us.

Adversity is the touchstone of character: it is not in success but in misfortune that hidden powers bear fruit.

Misfortune wandering the same track lights now upon one and now upon another.

Adversity does not make us frail; it only shows us how frail we are.

When a sailor overcomes crushing adversity, there's a massive sense of accomplishment.

Was it possible I'd labeled him incorrectly? Shallow jocksdidn't overcome adversity and accomplish the things Leif had. I'd labeled him, not even knowing him. Just because girls went gaga over him andevery boy wanted to be him didn't make him a jerk. The only jerk in the room happened to be the judgmental, elitist female. Me.

I tend to not discriminate when it comes to people I can learn from. Basically, if someone has built a meaningful business in software, technology or media, faced disruption and adversity, and overcame underdog status, I want to know how they did it.