Quotes about Strength In Adversity
He that is down need fear no fall.
— John Bunyan
Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above it.
— Washington Irving
When the knees are not often bent, the feet soon slide.
— Anonymous
Give us the strength to encounter that which is to come, that we may be brave in peril, constant in tribulation, temperate in wrath, and in all changes of fortune, and down to the gates of death, loyal and loving one to anther.
— Robert Louis Stevenson
I know not whether laws be right, Or whether laws be wrong; All that we know who lie in gaol Is that the wall is strong; And that each day is like a year, A year whose days are long.
— Oscar Wilde
Be like the bird that, passing on her flight awhile on boughs too slight, feels them give way beneath her, and yet sings, knowing that she hath wings.
— Victor Hugo
No man better knows what good is than he who has endured evil.
— Anonymous
Other Definitions of Adversity Adversity is the touchstone of virtue.
— Anonymous
If we survive danger, it steels our courage more than anything else.
— Reinhold Niebuhr
It is great to be faced with the impossible, for nothing is impossible if one is meant to do it. Wisdom will be given, and strength. When the Lord leads, He always strengthens.
— Amy Carmichael
If a bird is flying for pleasure, it flies with the wind, but if it meets danger it turns and faces the wind, in order that it may rise higher.
— Corrie Ten Boom
None of us can come to the highest maturity without enduring the summer heat of trials.
— Charles Spurgeon