Quotes by Adversity For God's love, take things patiently, have sense, Think! We are prisoners and shall always be. Fortune has given us this adversity, Some wicked planetary dispensation, Some Saturn's trick or evil constellation Has given us this, and Heaven, though we had sworn The contrary, so stood when we were born. We must endure it, that's the long and short. Geoffrey Chaucer adversitylongthinking In this wild world the fondest and the best George Crabbe wild-worldadversityworld Tis a question whether adversity or prosperity makes the most poets. George Farquhar prosperityadversitypoet The sharpest sting of adversity it borrows from our own impatience. George Horne impatienceadversity In terms of the game theory, we might say the universe is so constituted as to maximize play. The best games are not those in which all goes smoothly and steadily toward a certain conclusion, but those in which the outcome is always in doubt. Similarly, the geometry of life is designed to keep us at the point of maximum tension between certainty and uncertainty, order and chaos. Every important call is a close one. We survive and evolve by the skin of our teeth. We really wouldn't want it any other way. George Leonard adversitylifeorder There is nothing the body suffers which the soul may not profit by. George Meredith adversitysoulsuffering God left the world unfinished for man to work his skill upon. He left the electricity still in the cloud, the oil still in the earth. How often we look upon God as our last and feeblest resource! We go to Him because we have nowhere else to go. And then we learn that the storms of life have driven us, not upon the rocks, but into the desired haven. George MacDonald adversitycloudsmen When people ask if the United States can afford to place on trial the president, if the system can stand impeachment, my answer is, "Can we stand anything else? George McGovern adversitymenamerica Despite how difficult and hopeless it was at times, my experiences have shaped me for the better in many ways. It ultimately taught me empathy and invaluable lessons only learned through adversity. Gianna Simone empathyhopelessadversity This is the darkest hour before dawn and we should never underestimate monetary authorities' ability to deal with the adversity. Gideon Gono underestimateadversitydawn When we talk about adversity, this is the moment when character really gets tested. When things aren't going the way you want and you can't see anyway that they're going to go the way you want. That's kind of when those old virtues really become valuable and vulnerable also. George Saunders adversitywantcharacter For gold is tried in the fire and acceptable men in the furnace of adversity. George Santayana adversityfiremen One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak. Gilbert K. Chesterton mountain-peaksadversitynature The value of liberty was thus enhanced in our estimation by the difficulty of its attainment, and the worth of characters appreciated by the trial of adversity. George Washington adversityfreedomcharacter Into each of our lives come golden moments of adversity. This painful friend breaks our hearts, drops us to our knees, and makes us realize we are nothing without our Lord and Savior. This friend makes us plead all the night long for reassurance and into the next day and sometimes for weeks and months. But, ultimately, just as surely as the day follows the night, as we remain true and faithful, this strange friend, adversity, leads us straight into the outstretched arms of the Savior. Glenn L. Pace adversityheartnight Do not let adversity break you. Think of it as a learning experience that will make you stronger. Gloria Allred strongeradversitythinking Though we tremble before uncertain futures may we meet illness, death and adversity with strength may we dance in the face of our fears. Gloria E. Anzaldúa adversityfacesmay You'll never find a better sparring partner than adversity. Golda Meir sparring-partneradversityinspirational If there is a purpose in life at all, there must be a purpose in suffering and in dying. But no man can tell another what this purpose is. Each must find out for himself, and must accept the responsibility that his answer prescribes. If he succeeds he will continue to grow in spite of all indignities. Gordon Allport adversityresponsibilitymen Pleasures, riches, honor and joy are sure to have care, disgrace, adversity and affliction in their train. There is no pleasure without pain, no joy without sorrow. O the folly of expecting lasting felicity in a vale of tears, or a paradise in a ruined world. Gotthold Ephraim Lessing adversityfailurepain«1617181920212223242526»
