Facing Adversity Quotes - Page 2

• 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 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.

  Ulysses S. Grant

  Adversity, Dark, Tough Times

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

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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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• 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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• In the face of adversity, you find out if you're a fighter or a quitter. It's all about getting up after you've been knocked down.

  Archie Griffin

  Adversity, Faces, Fighter

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• Harry Potter is about confronting fears, finding inner strength and doing what is right in the face of adversity. Twilight is about how important it is to have a boyfriend.

  Stephen King

  Twilight, Adversity, Inner Strength

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

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• Resilience is the maintenance of high levels of positive affect and well-being in the face of adversity. It is not that resilient individuals never experience negative affect, but rather that the negative affect does not persist.

  Richard Davidson

  Adversity, Survival, Resilience

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• Doing what is right in the face of adversity is not always easy or popular. Critics may assail you, but the critics don't always realize what they don't know or don't understand, because they don't have access to all the information.

  John Ashcroft

  Adversity, May, Information

  "Never Again: Securing America and Restoring Justice". Book by John Ashcroft, 2006.

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• I think persistence in the face of adversity is an essential part of a writer’s job description. If you don’t care enough about it to avoid being easily disheartened that way, you really should be doing something else.

  Lawrence Block

  Jobs, Adversity, Persistence

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• Stay positive, joyful, and optimistic in your activism, even in the face of adversity. Understand that most people continue to consume animal products because they are unaware of the hidden cost - animal cruelty - not because they are bad or apathetic. Offer information, support, and resources in a friendly and supportive manner, as few people have begun their journey toward a compassionate lifestyle by being shamed or ridiculed. Turn anger and frustration into motivation to be as effective as possible.

  Nathan Runkle

  Motivation, Optimistic, Adversity

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• The Duke and Swing represent affirmation in the face of adversity.

  Wynton Marsalis

  Adversity, Swings, Faces

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• It's easy to feel happy when things are going your way. The trick is to remain inspired in difficult situations. That's where life stops being a game of chance and becomes one of skill. That's when, if you can stay serene in the face of adversity, you get back on track in half the time it might otherwise take.

  Jonathan Cainer

  Wise, Adversity, Difficult Situations

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• Exemplary persons are steadfast in the face of adversity, while petty persons are engulfed by it.

  Confucius

  Adversity, Faces, Steadfast

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• Dare to be different. Be a pioneer. Be a leader. Be the kind of woman who in the face of adversity will continue to embrace life and walk fearlessly toward the challenge.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Adversity, Leader, Challenges

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• In life, you may face hard times. But in the face of adversity, always seek to remain positive. What we think, will eventually become our life. And if you think positive, you will have a positive life.

  Sarah Wilson

  Positive, Adversity, Thinking

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• Let us be brave in the face of adversity.

  Seneca the Elder

  Adversity, Brave, Faces

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• Ji-li's deeply moving story should be on the shelf of every person's library. Her courage in the face of adversity and her steadfast loyalty and love for her family are truly inspirational for young and old alike.

  Nien Cheng

  Loyalty, Moving, Adversity

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• Remember also that it is not knowledge but the yearning for knowledge that makes for a complete, accomplished man. Such a man does not stand still but perseveres in the face of adversity, nor does he remain untouched by the pain cause by absence. On the contrary, he recognizes himself in each cry, uttered or repressed, in the smallest rift, in the most pressing need.

  Elie Wiesel

  Pain, Adversity, Men

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• You fight dandelions all weekend, and late Monday afternoon there they are, pert as all get out, in full and gorgeous bloom, pretty as can be, thriving as only dandelions can in the face of adversity.

  Hal Borland

  Weed, Nature, Monday

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• I have always tried to teach my players to be fighters. When I say that, I don't mean put up your dukes and get in a fistfight over something. I'm talking about facing adversity in your life. There is not a person alive who isn't going to have some awfully bad days in their lives. I tell my players that what I mean by fighting is when your house burns down, and your wife runs off with the drummer, and you've lost your job and all the odds are against you. What are you going to do? Most people just lay down and quit. Well, I want my people to fight back.

  Bear Bryant

  Leadership, Running, Jobs

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• Everybody wants to talk about NBA players being selfish and arrogant and individuals. But what you saw today was a team bonding and facing adversity and coming out with a big win.

  Kobe Bryant

  Basketball, Team, Selfish

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• Something called 'the Oklahoma Standard' became known throughout the world. It means resilience in the face of adversity. It means a strength and compassion that will not be defeated.

  Brad Henry

  Mean, Adversity, Compassion

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• Your persistence is, in fact, the true measure of your belief in yourself and your ability to succeed. Each time that you persist in the face of adversity and disappointment, you build the habit of persistence.

  Brian Tracy

  Perseverance, Disappointment, Adversity

  Brian Tracy (2009). “Flight Plan: The Real Secret of Success”, p.136, Berrett-Koehler Publishers

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