Adversity Quotes - Page 17

The difficulties and struggles of today are but the price we must pay for the accomplishments and victories of tomorrow.

Against all odds, a seed rises from darkness and beautifies the universe.

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

In the day of prosperity be joyful but in the day of adversity consider.

We need to develop new strategies overcome every challenge.

Your courage will be tested during the adversity as well as during the change.

Friction is necessary. Ease of life leads to complacency and the atrophy of the human will and spirit. Within our struggles lives our strength, within our trials lives our triumphs. Friction creates a platform for change, generates heat and or fervor and creates a motivational charge that gives us an opportunity to be better. A gem cannot be polished without friction and so neither a person without hardships. Friction within and friction without sharpens our senses and revives our internal resolutions. Friction is uncomfortable, hardships are distressing but both are necessary. We cannot light a match without friction nor can we hone steal. Uncomfortable as it may be, our adversity ultimately lights a fire and sharpens our very will to flourish. Today, let us not be discouraged, let us not be bitter in our suffering rather let us be encouraged as we look to our trials as a medium that will eventually make us better.

There are three modes of bearing the ills of life: by indifference by philosophy and by religion.

If you wish to overcome any difficulty, resolved to endure adversity.

Whenever something bad happens, keep calm, take a few deep breaths and shift the focus to something positive.

Cast your anxious thoughts upon the Lord. He waits to hear you speak!

We held on to great memories. This sustains us in every moment.

The only limit to the realisation of our goals will be lack of enthusiasm.

I am thankful to the Lord for my redemption. I was once lost, now I am saved by grace.

My own father had always said the measure of a man wasn't how many times or how hard he got knocked down, but how fast he got back up.

In time of poverty, you alone face is your fate. If your spirit is stronger enough, you will survive.

Challenges make you discover things about yourself that you never really knew. They're what make the instrument stretch what make you go beyond the norm.

The deepest comfort comes from the divine self.

In the midst of the turbulence, lift up your voice and praise God. He will fight the battle for you.

I think adversity magnifies behavior. Tend to be a control freak? You'll become more controlling. Eat for comfort? You'll eat more. And on the positive, if you tend to focus on solutions and celebrate small successes, that's what you'll do in adversity.

If the road is easy, you're likely going the wrong way.

A star never lets anything dull its sparkle, not even darkness.

With positive attitude, you can graciously overcome every adversity.

Sweet are the uses of adversity.

Turbulence does not shake a tree with strong roots.

The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen.

In the darkest time, we are left alone to face the fate of life.

Difficulties should act as a tonic. They should spur us to greater exertion.

You must choose a positive response to any situation. This is the step action to conquer it.

You can survive any situation with strength of spirit and soul.

In the depth of winter I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer.

Greatness is the flower of great adversity.

Deeply happy people are even thankful for the trials and tragedies they pass through.

From their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future.

Memories of the past year came tumbling down on me. The recent changes and reverses were almost overwhelming. I was learning that life flowed like a river. When the run-off was normal, the water ran smoothly. But if there came a downpour, it gushed. In the likeness to a flooding river, life events were caught up in the course of the devouring stream.

Today's tears water tomorrow's gardens.

We cannot infer from prosperity that God is pleased with us, nor can we infer from adversity that he is displeased with us.

Fire is the test of gold adversity of strong men.

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

FACING LIFE’S TRIALS, CHALLENGES AND DIFFICULTIES, IS THE BEST WAY TO DEAL WITH LIFE.

Every situation you conquer, you find the strength, your never knew you had.

(Adversity is) the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted with himself being especially free from admirers then.

My reality isn't as gracious as it use to be, so I create things that are.

If you will call your troubles experiences and remember that every experience develops some latent force within you you will grow vigorous and happy however adverse your circumstances may seem to be.

The person who says it can’t be done is almost always interrupted by the person who is doing it.

Everyone appears to be courageous until bad weathers arrive, and then we know the true leaders.

Adversity is a spiritual awaken in every soul.

If you want peace in your life, you have to stop declaring war.

Life can be real tough ... you can either learn from your problems or keep repeating them over and over.

Caged birds still sing beautiful symphonies.

You suffer alone. And rejoice with many.

Life challenges are unavoidable. We only need to develop new strategies overcome every challenge. And by faith we can graciously triumph.

A bird does not give up flying today because it couldn't find any worms yesterday.

In the greatest trial, we behold the greatness of our great God.

But we believe – nay, Lord we only hope,That one day we shall thank thee perfectlyFor pain and hope and all that led or droveUs back into the bosom of thy love.

The faithful man perceives nothing less than opportunity in difficulties. Flowing through his spine, faith and courage work together: Such a man does not fear losing his life, thus he will risk losing it at times in order to empower it. By this he actually values his life more than the man who fears losing his life. It is much like leaping from a window in order to avoid a fire yet in that most crucial moment knowing that God will appear to catch you.

The girl was a gypsy before an illness took control of her legs, now she watches in awe the world pass by whilst stillness teaches her about inner strength.

Challenges exist in life; don’t be afraid, there is grace for triumphant.

Every adversity is the fuel for the soul. The greatest self-realization occurs during the greatest adversity.

The hardest thing about "everything happens for a reason" is waiting for that reason to show up.