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Adversity Quotes
On strength that only shows itself under pressure.
Several quotes here return to the image of a hidden inner fire that lies quiet during easy times but flares up under real difficulty. Another frames adversity as a recurring, almost inevitable test throughout a lifetime. Continue with Able quotes for more on resilience.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'll say this for adversity: people seem to be able to stand it, and that's more than I can say for prosperity.
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- Nov 07, 2020
All interesting, worthwhile humans suffered and struggled and overcame adversity of one sort or another. Pain is constructive. Misery can be useful. I believed this the way I believe the sun rises in the east. Then I had children, and I slowly began to disbelieve and disavow it.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Talking through troubles, staying calm in the face of adversity, that's what my father taught me. It's an invaluable lesson because there's no shortage of adversity and mistakes to be dealt with.
- Journey
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everyone is handed adversity in life. No one's journey is easy. It's how they handle it that makes people unique.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am so much more than what happened to me. I’m a mother and a businesswoman; I run a charity that supports others overcoming adversity; and, most importantly, I’m happy.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I know exactly what it is like to fight against the odds and to overcome adversity.
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- Nov 07, 2020
What defines someone as a 'man' should not be the clothes they wear or how deep their voice is. It should be the content of his character, his strength in the face of overwhelming adversity, and his ability to still love and help others when the world has turned its back on him.
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- Nov 07, 2020
The moment we believe that success is determined by an ingrained level of ability as opposed to resilience and hard work, we will be brittle in the face of adversity.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think maybe there's a part of me that needs adversity from the rest of the world in order to feel motivated to want to prove people wrong. I need people to be like, 'What is this weirdo doing?'
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- Nov 07, 2020
Of all the things people have taught me regarding life lessons or anything that would benefit me, I don't think anything helped me learn more about life than football. You go through so many different things: adversity, how to handle adversity, how to handle success, how to lead, how to be a teammate, how to communicate.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Adversity has the same effect on a man that severe training has on the pugilist: it reduces him to his fighting weight.
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- Nov 07, 2020
In spite of discouragement and adversity, those who are happiest seem to have a way of learning from difficult times, becoming stronger, wiser and happier as a result.
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- Nov 07, 2020
You do not want cricketers who are cowed by adversity, waiting for someone to tell them what to do.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Adversity is the state in which man most easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free of admirers then.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I desire an special interest in your prayers that my faith fail not in the day of adversity.
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- Nov 07, 2020