Quotes by Adversity In the face of adversity, you find out if you're a fighter or a quitter. It's all about getting up after you've been knocked down. Archie Griffin fighter adversity faces Difficulties are just God's errands. If we are sent upon them, it is an evidence of His confidence. Therefore, let us be glad, be happy, for it is a way of being wise. Ardeth Kapp errands adversity wise In my practice as a psychiatrist, I have found that helping people to develop personal goals has proven to be the most effective way to help them cope with problems. Observing that lives of people who have mastered adversity, I have noticed that they have established goals and sought with all their effort to achieve them. From the moment they decided to concentrate all their energies on a specific objective, they begun to surmount the most difficult odds. Ari Kiev adversity odds practice One must not try to trick misfortune, but resign oneself to it with good grace. Aristophanes adversity grace trying Great and frequent reverses can crush and mar our bliss both by the pain they cause and by the hindrance they offer to many activities. Yet nevertheless even in adversity nobility shines through, when a man endures repeated and severe misfortune with patience, not owing to insensibility but from generosity and greatness of soul. Aristotle crush adversity pain Prosperity makes friends and adversity tries them. A true friend is one soul in two bodies Aristotle true-friend adversity inspiration Adversity in the things of this world opens the door for spiritual salvation. Arnold J. Toynbee adversity spiritual doors Adversity is the source of our deepest growth and greatest blessings; embrace it, dare to seek it. Aron Ralston adversity greatness inspirational Having grown up in a segregated environment in the south I know what it's like to be stepped on, I know what it's like also to see some black hero do well in the face of adversity. Arthur Ashe adversity black hero If there is a possibility of several things going wrong, the one that will cause the most damage will be the one to go wrong. Arthur Bloch damage adversity causes When working on a project, if you put away a tool that you're certain you're finished with, you will need it instantly. Arthur Bloch adversity tools needs Rightly conceived, time is the friend of all who are in any way in adversity, for its mazy road winds in and out of the shadows sooner or later into sunshine, and when one is at its darkest point one can be certain that presently it will grow brighte. Arthur Bryant sunshine adversity wind Sometimes we get through adversity only by imagining what the world might be like if our dreams should ever come true. Arthur Golden adversity dream world I walked slowly out on the beach. A few yards below high-water mark I stopped and read the words again: WRITE YOUR WORRIES ON THE SAND. I let the paper blow away, reached down and picked up a fragment of shell. Kneeling there under the vault of the sky, I wrote several words, one above the other. Then I walked away, and I did not look back. I had written my troubles on the sand. The tide was coming in. Arthur Gordon Webster adversity writing beach Then I walked away, and I did not look back. I had written my troubles on the sand. The tide was coming in. Arthur Gordon Webster tides adversity looks If the lives of men were relieved of all need, hardship and adversity; if everything they took in hand were successful, they would be so swollen with arrogance that, though they might not burst, they would present the spectacle of unbridled folly-nay, they would go mad. And I may say, further, that a certain amount of care or pain or trouble is necessary for every man at all times. A ship without ballast is unstable and will not go straight. Arthur Schopenhauer adversity pain successful There is no doubt that life is given us, not to be enjoyed, but to be overcome; to be got over. Arthur Schopenhauer philosophical adversity doubt For a Christian to defy adversities is to "despise" chastisement. Instead of hardening himself to endure stoically, there should be a melting of the heart. Arthur W. Pink adversity christian heart When you observe that the fire in your room is getting dull, you do not always put on more coal, but simply stir with the poker; so God often uses the black poker of adversity in order that the flames of devotion may burn more brightly. Arthur W. Pink adversity flames fire It's not easy taking my problems one at a time when they refuse to get in line. Ashleigh Brilliant adversity kindness inspirational «1234567891011»