Quotes by Adversity Adversity creates heroes. Picabo Street adversityhero You could cry, get worried or angry like any other normal human being, as long as you remembered that, up above, your spirit was laughing out loud at all those thorny situations. Paulo Coelho adversitylaughinglong A high heart ought to bear calamities and not flee them, since in bearing them appears the grandeur of the mind and in fleeing them the cowardice of the heart. Pietro Aretino adversitymindart The depth of darkness to which you can descend and still live is an exact measure of the height to which you can aspire to reach. Pliny the Elder adversityfailuredarkness Grief has limits, whereas apprehension has none. For we grieve only for what we know has happened, but we fear all that possibly may happen. Pliny the Elder adversitygriefcourage But with man, — by Hercules! most of his misfortunes are occasioned by man. Pliny the Elder misfortunesadversitymen Nothing is harder to direct than a man in prosperity; nothing more easily managed that one is adversity. Plutarch prosperityadversitymen Prosperity is no just scale; adversity is the only balance to weigh friends. Plutarch adversitybest-friendfriendship Dear friends, may no adversity paralyze you. Be afraid neither of the world, nor of the future, nor of your weakness. The Lord has allowed you to live in this moment of history so that, by your faith, his name will continue to resound throughout the world. Pope Benedict XVI adversityweaknessnames Those who aim at great deeds must also suffer greatly. Plutarch adversityupliftingsuffering Wise men are able to make a fitting use even of their enmities. Plutarch adversitywisemen Prosperity has no power over adversity. Publilius Syrus prosperityadversity In the turbulence of this anxious and active world many people are leading uneventful, lonely lives. To them dreariness, not disaster, is the enemy. They seldom realize that on their steadfastness, on their ability to withstand the fatigue of dull repetitive work, and on their courage in meeting constant small adversities depend in great measure the happiness and prosperity of the community as a whole. ... The upward course of a nation's history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its average men and women. Queen Elizabeth II adversitylonelyrunning If there be light, then there is darkness; if cold, heat; if height, depth; if solid, fluid; if hard, soft; if rough, smooth; if calm, tempest; if prosperity, adversity; if life, death. Pythagoras adversitylightdarkness A true friend is tested in adversity. Quintus Ennius true-friend-istrue-friendadversity Adversity shows whether we have friends, or only the shadows of friends. Publilius Syrus adversityshadowshows He that lendeth to another in time of prosperity, shall never want help himself in the time of adversity. Plato adversitywanthelping Through adversity, not only are we given opportunity to discover our inner strength, we are also given the gift of foresight so we can shine a light for others who go through the experience after us. Rachael Bermingham adversityopportunitymotivational In our days of prosperity it is more difficult to sustain a religious spirit than in times of adversity, because we are apt to forget that God who has bountifully given may also take away. Rachel Simon womenadversityreligious I don't know, you go through what you go through. You handle adversity, and I think it made me hungrier. Rajon Rondo adversitymadethinking«4445464748495051525354»
