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Very often out of adversity that's when the best work comes. — Tom Cochrane

I've had a few setbacks in my life, but I never gave up. — Harry S. Truman

One's own escape from troubles makes one glad; but bringing friends to trouble is hard grief. — Sophocles

The only person I compete with is Satan. If that happens to be you, then could you please move out of the way? You're standing in Christ's spot. — Shannon L. Alder

Faithfulness imparts God's reason for all circumstances. No matter what the world says, losing is no longer an option. — Criss Jami

Letti wasn't born to pass through the world. She had been born to sit atop of it. — S.R. Crawford

Adversity gives life the thrill of adventure. — Debasish Mridha

A person's true nature is revealed at times of the greatest adversity. — Daisaku Ikeda

One's character is determined not how she gets caught in the downpour of disappointment, but how she finds the hope to look for the rainbow. — Colette Freedman

These are the times that try men's souls. — Thomas Paine

And I think that's important, to know how the water's gone over the dam before you start to describe it. It helps to have been over the dam yourself. — Annie Proulx

Art is man's refuge from adversity. — Menander

The higher you climb, the more Satan will take notice. Keep climbing! Heaven's gate has a lock. — Shannon L. Alder

There's nothing that does not grow light Through habit and familiarity. Putting up with little cares I'll train myself to bear with great adversity! — Santideva

Adversity's sweet milk, philosophy, to comfort thee, though thou art banished. Friar Lawrence to Romeo. — William Shakespeare

But little Carlos's most important defense was not his good punch but rather the beginnings of a great education. — Gina Capaldi

It's during a storm that the best songs get written. — Marty Rubin

God's presence in our lives gives us the greatest hope. — Lailah Gifty Akita

I try to keep the happy memories. If that's what you call selective memories, I'm good with that. — Nicole Williams

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power. — Abraham Lincoln

Adversity brings out the best in us ... It's everyday living that does us in. — Richard Flanagan

Adversity brings out a man's character.
Prosperity kills it. — Manoj Vaz

In my opinion, character is the most important determinant of a person's success, achievement and ability to handle adversity. — Tom Landry

Misfortune is the test of a person's merit. — Seneca The Younger

I think it was coach Lombardi that said, 'Adversity doesn't build character, it reveals it.' And that's so true. — Mike Sherman

The winter's frost must rend the burr of the nut before the fruit is seen. So adversity tempers the human heart, to discover its real worth. — Honore De Balzac

It is the last straw that breaks the camel's back. — Charles Dickens

It takes a real storm in the average person's life to make him realize how much worrying he has done over the squalls. — Bruce Barton

I've always risen to the challenge and faced adversity; it's just a part of who I am. — Erik Rutan

He is truly a man who will not permit himself to be unduly elated when fortune's breeze is favorable, or cast down when it is adverse. — Livy

I wanted a woman who could get me out of a Third World prison. Life's too short to hang out with people who aren't resourceful. — Jeff Bezos

Adversity is the refiner's fire that bends iron but tempers steel. — James E. Faust

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

Adversity are the lemons nobody wanted, but without them we would still be in a cave pounding rocks — S.L. Northey

Life's a story don't you doubt. Bad times give you something to talk about. — Jeffrey Lewis

In our adversity, God shouts to us. — C.S. Lewis

Any true champion can bounce back. That's what being a champion is: being able to deal with adversity and being able to bounce back. — Floyd Mayweather Jr.

I can bounce back from adversity and reinvent my life - it's possible — Les Brown

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. — Sir Sultan Muhammad Shah Aga Khan III

Usually life's greatest gifts come wrapped in adversity. — Richard Paul Evans

You gotta play the hand that's dealt you. There may be pain in that hand, but you play it. And I've played it. — James Brady

Affliction is a good man's shining time. — Edward Young

In the ashes of adversity, lies opportunity. — S.L. Coelho

Until you have stood in another woman's stilettos, you will never begin to know the year of pain she felt breaking them in. — Shannon L. Alder

The Lord is my redeemer.
The Lord is my defender — Lailah Gifty Akita

I was lucky I wasn't a better boxer, or that's what I'd be now - a punchy ex-pug. — Bob Hope

And I thought, you know, a little gender confusion makes a better person. A little adversity in life at an early age. It's character building. — Lesley Gore

It's really that simple: love gave me confidence and adversity gave me purpose. — Kate Clifford Larson

The music of hope is everywhere, but to hear it, you need to ignore the muddy jangle of life's hassles. — Christine M. Knight

I never knew any man in my life who could not bear another's misfortunes perfectly like a Christian. — Alexander Pope

Tell me, who have never be knocked down by life's circumstances? — Lailah Gifty Akita

When you're feeling your worst, that's when you get to know yourself the best. — Leslie Grossman

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

There's nothing better for a comedian than adversity. — Jeff Dunham

That thorny path, those stormy skies, have drawn our spirits nearer; and rendered us, by sorrow's ties, each to the other dearer. — Bernard Barton

Live on in your blessings, your destiny's been won. But ours calls us on from one ordeal to the next. — Virgil

Ad astra per aspera. It's the Kansas state motto," he said to Roger and me, "To the stars through adversity — Morgan Matson

Never let life's hardships disturb you. No one can avoid problems, not even saints or sages. — Nichiren

He knows himself, and all that's in him, who knows adversity. — Herman Melville

If there's one thing I've learned, it is to never give up
no matter what your circumstances are. Giving up doesn't solve anything. — Millicent Ashby

We talk about mental toughness all the time. That's the biggest thing good teams have, that they can overcome adversity. — Bryan Murray

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

The cucumber is bitter? Then throw it out. There are brambles in the path? Then go around. That's all you need to know. — Marcus Aurelius

The long, dull, monotonous years of middle-aged prosperity or middle-aged adversity are excellent campaigning weather for the devil. — C.S. Lewis

In every kind of adversity, the bitterest part of a man's affliction is to remember that he once was happy. — Boethius

Adversity is not a bad thing~It's a God thing! — Prophetess Dina Rolle

After hunger, a human's most important need is to know what is virtuous. — Jerome Kagan

God's grace gives you strength to overcome any situation. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Bullying builds character like nuclear waste creates superheroes. It's a rare occurrence and often does much more damage than endowment. — Zack W. Van

We are all children coming inside from recess with varying degrees of dirt on us. — Shannon L. Alder

Success in the affairs of life often serves to hide one's abilities, whereas adversity frequently gives one an opportunity to discover them. — Horace

Sisters are a shield against life's cruel adversity. — Nancy Mitford

The surest way to reveal one's character is not through adversity but by giving them power. — Abraham Lincoln

We should not seek to confirm God's will by the absence of adversity. — Alistair Begg

Triumph over adversity that's what the marathon is all about. Nothing in life can't triumph after that — Kathrine Switzer

I have always grown from my problems and challenges, from the things that don't work out, that's when I've really learned. — Carol Burnett

Seek advice, but make sure it's from someone who has successfully handled mistakes or adversities. — John C. Maxwell

Adversity is only yet another means to remind us of 'How Truly Awsome We All Are'! — W.O. Wainwright

It is your reaction to adversity, not the adversity itself, that determines how your life's story will develop. — Dieter F. Uchtdorf

God's way of dealing with us is to throw us into situations over our depth, then supply us with the necessary ability to swim. — Catherine Marshall

Having faced adversity and survived it, he's unlike others who haven't. — Peter Gray

God's grace gives strength overcome any situation. — Lailah Gifty Akita

You got to face your evil, Hoodoo," Zeke said. "If people don't face the danger that's seeking them, evil will find them first. — Ronald L. Smith

When the winds of life are pushing you back, THAT'S when you push forward the hardest. — Yvonne Pierre

The winds of tribulation, which blow out some men's candles of commitment, only fan the fires of faith of others. — Neal A. Maxwell

A principled person's greatest disappointment will always be his or her own failures to respond to setbacks in a dynamic and positive way. — Kilroy J. Oldster

Quickly say, "That's good!" to every setback and adversity, and then find out what is good about it. — Brian Tracy

God's grace grant us immeasurable ability to overcome adversity of any type. — Lailah Gifty Akita

You cannot stop the ocean's current, but you can swim. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Sometimes in tragedy we find our life's purpose - the eye sheds a tear to find its focus. — Robert Breault

Worship from the heart in times of adversity implies an attitude of humble acceptance on our part of God's right to do as He pleases in our lives. — Jerry Bridges

But never forget: When everything feels like it's falling to pieces, the pieces might actually just be falling into place. — Katie Kiesler

You can break my body but never my spirit because that's graced by God. — Veronica Purcell

I'll say this for adversity: people seem to be able to stand it, and that's more than I can say for prosperity. — Kin Hubbard

Courage is adversity's lamp. — Luc De Clapiers

I believe it's a privilege, madam. One that's earned through a certain amount of courage and adversity. — Kathleen Tessaro

To find the rainbow and life's incredible beauties, learn to play with adversity. — Debasish Mridha

It's easy to endure adversity
if it happens to someone else. — Mark Twain

Well's them who are under crosses, and Christ says to them, "Half Mine." — Samuel Rutherford

Success advances the man's cause, adversity cleans the man's soul. — Malik