Quotes about Adversity
I must die. Must I then die lamenting? I must be put in chains. Must I then also lament? I must go into exile. Does any man then hinder me from going with smiles and cheerfulness and contentment?
— Epictetus
God uses those who seem ill-fitted for a significant life.
— Charles Swindoll
It is not my experience that life's difficulties make people more charitable.
— Cormac McCarthy
Everything that happens to me can help me along in my Christian life.
— E Stanley Jones
It's always the organizations that are resource constrained that come up with the good ideas to win.
— Simon Sinek
We were poor when I was young but the difference was that the government didn't come around telling you you were poor.
— Ronald Reagan
Prosperity tries the fortunate, adversity the great.
— Rose Kennedy
Poverty sits by the cradle of all our great men and rocks all of them to manhood.
— Heinrich Heine
The principles of living greatly include the capacity to face trouble with courage, disappointment with cheerfulness, and trial with humility.
— Thomas Monson
Remember that just the moment you say, "I give up," someone else seeing the same situation is saying, "My, what a great opportunity."
— H Jackson Brown, Jr.
Every great leader of the past, whose record I have examined, was beset by difficulties and met with temporary defeat before 'arriving
— Napoleon Hill
Great hearts can only be made by great troubles. The spade of trouble digs the reservoir of comfort deeper, and makes more room for consolation.
— Charles Spurgeon