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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
Adversity gives life the thrill of adventure.
— Debasish Mridha
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
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
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
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.
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
The Lord is my defender — Lailah Gifty Akita
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 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
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
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
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
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
Well's them who are under crosses, and Christ says to them, "Half Mine."
— Samuel Rutherford