Facing Adversity Quotes

• We shall draw from the heart of suffering itself the means of inspiration and survival.

  Winston Churchill

  Inspirational, Kindness, Cancer

  Winston Churchill (2012). “Churchill: The Power of Words”, p.356, Da Capo Press

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• When things are bad, we take comfort in the thought that they could always get worse. And when they are, we find hope in the thought that things are so bad they have to get better.

  Malcolm Forbes

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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

  William Samuel Johnson

  Motivational, Positive, Crazy

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

  Seneca the Younger

  Motivational, Positive, Cheer

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Tough times never last, but tough people do.

  Robert H. Schuller

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Robert H. Schuller (1993). “Robert H Schuller: The Inspirational Writings : Tough Times Never Last, But Tough People Do/Tough Minded Faith for Tender Hearted People”, Bbs Publishing Corporation

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• I love those who can smile in trouble.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Inspirational, Strength, Smile

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  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

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Lee Iacocca, William Novak (2011). “Iacocca: An Autobiography”, p.16, Bantam

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• One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.

  Albert Schweitzer

  Motivational, Strength, Stress

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• Sometimes adversity is what you need to face in order to become successful.

  Zig Ziglar

  Inspirational, Success, Determination

  FaceBook post by Zig Ziglar from Oct 26, 2014

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• It is the business of little minds to shrink.

  Carl Sandburg

  Strength, Being Strong, Perseverance

  Carl Sandburg (1948). “Remembrance Rock”

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• A problem is a chance for you to do your best.

  Duke Ellington

  Inspirational, Life, Positive

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• The gem cannot be polished without friction nor man without trials.

  Confucius

  Inspirational, Life, Success

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• Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way. And don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines.

  Richard M. Nixon

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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  Don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines.

  Satchel Paige

  Thanksgiving, Thank You, Baseball

  Quoted in Deirdre Mullane, Words to Make My Dream Children Live: A Book of African American Quotations (1995)

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• Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.

  Seneca the Younger

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• The friend in my adversity I shall always cherish most.

  Ulysses S. Grant

  Adversity, Dark, Tough Times

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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  Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way.

  Satchel Paige

  Inspirational, Encouraging, Sports

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• If you can't change it.. change the way you think about it

  Mary Engelbreit

  Inspirational, Change, Attitude

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

  Lou Holtz

  Motivational, Sports, Cheer

  Twitter post from Dec 28, 2011

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• If you aren't in over your head, how do you know how tall you are?

  T. S. Eliot

  Adversity, Hard Times, Tough Times

  " Valerie Eliot's death deprives poetry of its strongest advocate" by David Morley, www.theguardian.com. November 13, 2012.

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• If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.

  Maya Angelou

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

  Twitter post from Jan 15, 2017

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• The friend in my adversity I shall always cherish most. I can better trust those who helped to relieve the gloom of my dark hours than those who are so ready to enjoy with me the sunshine of my prosperity.

  Ulysses S. Grant

  Motivational, Friendship, Positive

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• If I had a formula for bypassing trouble, I would not pass it around. Trouble creates a capacity to handle it.

  Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

  Adversity, Trouble, Capacity

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• Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity is a greater. Possession pampers the mind; privation trains and strengthens it.

  William Hazlitt

  Motivational, Positive, Teacher

  William Hazlitt (1839). “Sketches and Essays”, p.298

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• I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Love, Motivational, Strength

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