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Adversity42 quotes
What does not destroy me, makes me stronger. — Friedrich Nietzsche · 1889Life always gets harder toward the summit-the cold increases, responsibility increases. — Friedrich Nietzsche · 1895I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning how to sail my ship. — Louisa May Alcott · 1868Sweet are the uses of adversity,
Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous,
Wears yet a precious jewel in his head.
And this our life, exempt from public haunt,
Finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks,
Sermons in stones, and good in everything. — William Shakespeare · 1616What matters most is how well you walk through the fire. — Charles Bukowski · 1994Difficulties are just things to overcome after all. — Ernest Shackleton · 1908All 42 quotes →Overcoming adversity10 quotes
What does not destroy me, makes me stronger. — Friedrich Nietzsche · 1889A great pilot can sail even when his canvas is rent. — Seneca · 65In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world. — Jesus · 90He that is down needs fear no fall
He that is low, no pride;
He that is humble ever shall
Have God to be his guide. — John Bunyan · 1678Prosperity doth best discover Vice; But Adversity doth best discover Vertue. — Francis Bacon · 1625Our greatest glory is, not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. — Oliver Goldsmith · 1761All 10 quotes →Character3 quotes
What does not destroy me, makes me stronger. — Friedrich Nietzsche · 1889Every man at some point in his life is gonna lose a battle. He's gonna fight and he's gonna lose. But what makes him a man is that in the midst of that battle he does not lose himself. — Eric Taylor · 2006If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small. — Proverbs 24:10 · 686 BCLife lessons3 quotes
Sweet are the uses of adversity,
Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous,
Wears yet a precious jewel in his head.
And this our life, exempt from public haunt,
Finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks,
Sermons in stones, and good in everything. — William Shakespeare · 1616There are some things you learn best in calm, and some in storm. — Willa Cather · 1915Let me embrace the sour adversaries,
For wise men say it is the wisest course. — William Shakespeare · 1595Hard work2 quotes
It is not the prize that can make us happy; it is not even the winning of the prize....[It is] the struggle, the long hot hour of the honest fight.... There is no human bliss equal to twelve hours of work with only six hours in which to do it. — Anthony Trollope · 1862It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard is what makes it great. — Jimmy Dugan · 1992Inflection points2 quotes
Deep unspeakable suffering may well be called a baptism, a regeneration, the initiation into a new state. — George Eliot · 1859Moments of crisis produce in man a redoubling of life. — Francois-Rene de Chateaubriand · 1850Learning from adversity2 quotes
Sweet are the uses of adversity,
Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous,
Wears yet a precious jewel in his head.
And this our life, exempt from public haunt,
Finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks,
Sermons in stones, and good in everything. — William Shakespeare · 1616Let me embrace the sour adversaries,
For wise men say it is the wisest course. — William Shakespeare · 1595Suffering2 quotes
Damaged people are dangerous. They know they can survive. — Josephine Hart · 1991Deep unspeakable suffering may well be called a baptism, a regeneration, the initiation into a new state. — George Eliot · 1859Achieving great things1 quote
Life always gets harder toward the summit-the cold increases, responsibility increases. — Friedrich Nietzsche · 1895Being a man1 quote
Every man at some point in his life is gonna lose a battle. He's gonna fight and he's gonna lose. But what makes him a man is that in the midst of that battle he does not lose himself. — Eric Taylor · 2006Benefits of adversity1 quote
It is not the prize that can make us happy; it is not even the winning of the prize....[It is] the struggle, the long hot hour of the honest fight.... There is no human bliss equal to twelve hours of work with only six hours in which to do it. — Anthony Trollope · 1862Broken dreams1 quote
Life has killed the dream I dreamed. — Fantine · 2012Challenges of life1 quote
Life has killed the dream I dreamed. — Fantine · 2012Corrosive effects of wealth1 quote
Prosperity doth best discover Vice; But Adversity doth best discover Vertue. — Francis Bacon · 1625Courage1 quote
Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air. — John Quincy Adams · 1802Difficult situations1 quote
Moments of crisis produce in man a redoubling of life. — Francois-Rene de Chateaubriand · 1850Downsides of wealth1 quote
Prosperity doth best discover Vice; But Adversity doth best discover Vertue. — Francis Bacon · 1625Dreams1 quote
Life has killed the dream I dreamed. — Fantine · 2012Failure1 quote
The mystery of life is not solved by success, which is an end in itself, but in failure, in perpetual struggle, in becoming. — Patrick White · 1957Friends1 quote
Misfortune shows those who are not really friends. — Aristotle · 350 BCGiving up1 quote
When life gives you lemons, just say "Fuck the lemons," and bail. — Chuck · 2008Hard times1 quote
The way I saw it, everybody takes a beating sometime. — Henry Hill · 1990Human nature1 quote
Man needs difficulties; they are necessary for health. — Carl Jung · 1916Injustice1 quote
It is not what a man outwardly has or wants that constitutes the happiness or misery of him. Nakedness, hunger, distress of all kinds, death itself have been cheerfully suffered, when the heart was right. It is the feeling of injustice that is insupportable to all men. — Thomas Carlyle · 1840Inner strength1 quote
A little fall of rain can hardly hurt me now. — Eponine · 2012Kingdom of God1 quote
It is through many tribulations that we must enter the kingdom of God. — Acts 14:22 · 62Learning1 quote
There are some things you learn best in calm, and some in storm. — Willa Cather · 1915Motivation1 quote
Moments of crisis produce in man a redoubling of life. — Francois-Rene de Chateaubriand · 1850Nature of life1 quote
The wise and tragic sense of life. By this I mean...the sense that life is essentially a cheat and its conditions are those of defeat, and that the redeeming things are not "happiness and pleasure" but the deeper satisfactions that come out of struggle. — F. Scott Fitzgerald · 1940Overcoming obstacles1 quote
Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air. — John Quincy Adams · 1802