Quotes about Adversity

Life itself is a sea full of rocks and whirlpools that man avoids with the greatest caution and care, although he knows that, even when he succeeds with all his efforts and ingenuity in struggling through, at every step he comes nearer to the greatest, the total, the inevitable and irremediable shipwreck, indeed even steers right on to it, namely death. This is the final goal of the wearisome voyage, and is worse for him than all the rocks that he has avoided.

When you observe that the fire in your room is getting dull, you do not always put on more coal, but simply stir with the poker; so God often uses the black poker of adversity in order that the flames of devotion may burn more brightly.

Because the machine will try to grind you into dust anyway, whether or not we speak.

You become strong by doing the things you need to be strong for.

Being out of work brought a lot of new and starkly instructive experiences.

One loses everything when one loses one's sense of humor.

It's good to suffer. Dont complain. Bear, bow, accept - and be grateful that God has made you suffer. For this makes you better than the people who are laughing and happy.

Dagny, we can never lose the things we live for. We may have to change their form at times, if we've made an error, but the purpose remains the same and the forms are ours to make.

He has once built his fortune, starting out with empty hands; now he had to rebuild his life, starting out with an empty spirit

There's no surer way to destroy a man than to force him into a spot where he has to aim at not doing his best, where he has to struggle to do a bad job, day after day.

Use fear to become braver, pain to become stronger, trials to become wiser, and misfortune to become better.

Before you wear a crown of gold, life sometimes makes you wear a crown of thorns.