Quotes by Adversity Never take an elevator in city hall. Harvey Milk elevatorsadversitycities If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen. Harry S. Truman gossipadversitywisdom I have never yet met a successful person who hasn't had to overcome either a little or a lot of adversity in his or her life. If life there is a lot of lumps and bumps... a lot of throttling up and a lot of throttling down. Harvey Mackay adversitysuccessfulovercoming The cat of the slums and alleys, starved, outcast, harried, still keeps amid the prowlings of its adversity the bold, free, panther-tread with which it paced of yore the temple courts of Thebes, still displays the self-reliant watchfulness which man has never taught it to lay aside. Hector Hugh Munro adversitycatmen The overcoming of adversity and, ultimately, denying it the rite of passage, has been a constant and perpetual motive throughout my life. Heather Mills motiveadversityovercoming Every moment of life brings an opportunity for being conscious of human feeling, in prosperity, in adversity, in all conditions. It costs very little; only a little thought is necessary. There is no greater religion than love. God is love; and the best form of love is to be conscientious regarding the feelings of those with whom we come in contact in everyday life. Hazrat Inayat Khan adversityopportunitylove-is ADVERSITY CAN DISTRESS US OR BLESS US The way we use adversity is strictly our own choice, For in God's Hands adversity can make the heart rejoice - For everything God sends to us, no matter in what form, Is sent with plan and purpose for by the fierceness of a storm The atmosphere is changed and cleared and the earth is washed and clean. Helen Steiner Rice adversityhearthands I thank God for my handicaps. For through them, I have found myself, my work and my God. Helen Keller knowing-who-you-aregratitudeadversity I've had a few setbacks in my life, but I never gave up. Harry S. Truman gave-upsetbackadversity To live is to war with trolls. Henrik Ibsen trolladversitywar Adversity is the trial of principle. Without it, a man hardly knows whether he is honest or not. Henry Fielding adversityinspirationalmen We need strength beyond ourselves to keep the commandments in whatever circumstance life brings to us. The combination of trials and their duration are as varied as are the children of our Heavenly Father. No two are alike. But what is being tested is the same, at all times in our lives and for every person: will we do whatsoever the Lord our God will command us? Henry B. Eyring adversityfatherchildren Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this. Henry Ford adversitysuccesscharacter Trouble is only opportunity in work clothes. Henry J. Kaiser adversityworkpositive The notion that artists flourish upon adversity and misunderstanding, that they are able to function to the utmost in an atmosphere of indifference or hostility - this notion is nine-tenths nonsense. H. L. Mencken atmosphereadversityartist Whatever is rightly done, however humble, is noble. (Quidvis recte factum quamvis humile praeclarum.) Henry Royce adversityhumblelatin Remember that you will derive strength by reflecting that the saints yearn for you to join their ranks; desire to see you fight bravely, and that you behave like true knights in your encounters with the same adversities which they had to conquer, and that breathtaking joy is theirs and your eternal reward for having endured a few years of temporal pain. Every drop of earthly bitterness will be changed into an ocean of heavenly sweetness. Henry Suso adversitypainocean The fire of my adversity has purged the mass of my acquaintance. Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke massadversityfire Of all the uses of adversity which are sweet, none are sweeter than those which grow out of disappointed love. Henry Taylor adversitydisappointmentsweet Freedom means choosing your burden. Hephzibah Menuhin adversityfreedommean«1819202122232425262728»
