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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
- Experience
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The experience of democracy is like the experience of life itself-always changing, infinite in its variety, sometimes turbulent and all the more valuable for having been tested by adversity.
- Depression
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America has always built ourselves out of adversity. All the way back to the Great Depression.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mom has always just been one of those people who handle adversity and challenges, and really everything, with so much grace and elegance. I saw it all the time.
- Prosperity
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- Nov 07, 2020
Remorse sleeps during prosperity but awakes bitter consciousness during adversity.
- Rise
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As a writer, I have this compulsion to take characters who appear formidable and bombard them with adversity until they crumble. What's interesting is watching them rise again, and seeing how they've changed and grown, if indeed they have.
- Always
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- Nov 07, 2020
Americans have always been able to handle austerity and even adversity. Prosperity is what is doing us in.
- Carved
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Three hundred years ago a prisoner condemned to the Tower of London carved on the wall of his cell this sentiment to keep up his spirits during his long imprisonment: 'It is not adversity that kills, but the impatience with which we bear adversity.
- Good
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The Muppets are always really positive when they come across adversity, and they always have the ability to see the good in people.
- Stimulus
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Adversity is a stimulus.
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It's always amazing when a fan will say you've helped them through some kind of adversity.
- Best
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- Nov 07, 2020
For a lot of people, Superman is and has always been America's hero. He stands for what we believe is the best within us: limitless strength tempered by compassion, that can bear adversity and emerge stronger on the other side. He stands for what we all feel we would like to be able to stand for, when standing is hardest.
- Faith
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother persevered through much adversity because she possessed faith in God, self-respect, and an awareness of history; most especially, she was astute in Africa's significant contribution to world history. Sister Betty refused to live her life as a victim.
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Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
A heart well prepared for adversity in bad times hopes, and in good times fears for a change in fortune.
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020