Quotes by Adversity With every adversity, there is an equal or greater gift. Keep looking for the gift. Earl Nightingale equal adversity greater When a man hangs from a tree it doesn't spell justice unless he helped write the law that hanged him. E. B. White adversity writing men I used to hurt so badly that I'd ask God why, what have I done to deserve any of this? I feel now He was preparing me for this, for the future. That's the way I see it. Eden Phillpotts adversity done hurt You find out your mistakes from an audience that pays admission. Edgar Bergen adversity overcoming mistake Never to suffer would have been never to have been blessed. Edgar Allan Poe adversity blessed spiritual You when the storm is raging - how do you face despair? It is you that the world discovers, whatever the clothes you wear. Edgar Guest clothes-you-wear despair adversity Adversity is a severe instructor, set over us by one who knows us better than we do ourselves, as he loves us better too. He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper. This conflict with difficulty makes us acquainted with our object, and compels us to consider it in all its relations. It will not suffer us to be superficial. Edmund Burke adversity skills challenges In all adversity, what God takes away He may give us back with increase. Edward Bouverie Pusey adversity may giving Public calamity is a mighty leveller. Edmund Burke calamity adversity Adversity is a severe instructor, set over us by one who knows us better than we do ourselves. Edmund Burke instructors adversity knows Tribulation will not hurt you, unless as it too often does; it hardens you and makes you sour, narrow and skeptical Edwin Hubbel Chapin adversity failure hurt Defeat may serve as well as victory to shake the soul and let the glory out. Edwin Markham encouraging adversity kindness It is a great thing, when our Gethsemane hours come, when the cup of bitterness is pressed to our lips ... to feel that it is not fate, that it is not necessity, but divine love for good ends working upon us. Edwin Hubbel Chapin cups fate adversity The difference between men who succeed or fail is their ability to handle pressure. Edwin Louis Cole adversity differences men The summit is believed to be the object of the climb. But its true object--the joy of living--is not in the peak itself, but in the adversities encountered on the way up. Eiji Yoshikawa mountain adversity joy Despite trials, worldly confusion, and caustic voices, we can trust in the Lord and go forward with happy hearts, knowing that with every challenge or problem, there's the strength to go on. Why? Because we know His promises are real, that He does know us by name and has a plan for each of us. He will help us learn what it is and give us joy in doing it. Elaine L. Jack adversity real heart We all have to go through the tumbler a few times before we can emerge as a crystal. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross crystals adversity Afflictions are the steps to heaven. Elizabeth Ann Seton affliction adversity heaven Remember also that it is not knowledge but the yearning for knowledge that makes for a complete, accomplished man. Such a man does not stand still but perseveres in the face of adversity, nor does he remain untouched by the pain cause by absence. On the contrary, he recognizes himself in each cry, uttered or repressed, in the smallest rift, in the most pressing need. Elie Wiesel adversity pain men All happy people are grateful. Ungrateful people cannot be happy. We tend to think that being unhappy leads people to complain, but it’s truer to say that complaining leads to people becoming unhappy. Dennis Prager ungrateful-people adversity happiness «1112131415161718192021»
