Quotes by category:Adversity

God will not suffer man to have a knowledge of things to come for if he had prescience of his prosperity, he would be careless and if understanding of his adversity, he would be despairing and senseless

Saint Augustine

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Democrats can't survive in any kind of adversity. Look at how they're crying and whining like a bunch of stuck pigs over the mean Russians.

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Adversity, if a man is set down to it by degrees, is more supportable with equanimity by most people than any great prosperity arrived at in a single lifetime.

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The course of true anything never does run smooth. by Samuel Butler

The course of true anything never does run smooth.

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When the door shuts another opens. He that would struggle with the world, and bear up in adversity, ought still to resolve not to be discouraged, for resolution is the mother of fortitude, and not only necessary to our support, but very much conducive to our deliverance.

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I find it most true that the greatest temptation outside of hell is to live without temptations; if water stands, it rots; faith is the better for the sharp winter storm in its face and grace withers without adversity. The devil is but God's master fencer to teach us to handle our weapons.

Samuel Rutherford

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The very greatest things - great thoughts, discoveries, inventions - have usually been nurtured in hardship, often pondered over in sorrow, and at length established with difficulty.

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I have learned there is a gift wrapped inside of every adversity and, if you have faith and hope, you can lose everything and still survive.

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The apprenticeship of difficulty is one which the greatest of men... by Samuel Smiles

The apprenticeship of difficulty is one which the greatest of men have had to serve.

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Well's them who are under crosses, and Christ says to them, "Half... by Samuel Rutherford

Well's them who are under crosses, and Christ says to them, "Half Mine."

Samuel Rutherford

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The unhappy never want enemies. by Samuel Richardson

The unhappy never want enemies.

Samuel Richardson

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My secret to survival has been embracing life's challenges and not letting them dictate my frame of mind or determine my fate... Learning to stand strong in the face of challenge and adversity is the only way to get through the tough times.

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I haven't always acted or reacted in a way that made me proud, but I didn't make that same mistake twice, and I think that's what I love about adversity is that it always reminds me of what's really valuable in life.

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Hope is optimism plus a belief there is a path out of your advers... by Santiago "Jimmy" Mellado

Hope is optimism plus a belief there is a path out of your adversity.

Santiago "Jimmy" Mellado

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When you have adversity and you have pain, you never feel more alone than you do at that moment. And you can be surrounded by hundreds of thousands of people.

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Adversity leads us to think properly of our state, and so is most... by Samuel Johnson

Adversity leads us to think properly of our state, and so is most beneficial to us.

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In life, you may face hard times. But in the face of adversity, always seek to remain positive. What we think, will eventually become our life. And if you think positive, you will have a positive life.

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But if everything was always smooth and perfect, you'd get too used to that, you know? You have to have a little bit of disorganization now and then. Otherwise, you'll never really enjoy it when things go right.

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Everything that I've ever been able to accomplish in skating and in life has come out of adversity and perseverance.

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Fear is what makes you come alive, the lure of the unknown - can I do this? - thats where the growth comes from, the pain. I dont remember the running effortlessly; I remember the hard times; adversity breathes transformation.

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