Quotes by Adversity We only really face up to ourselves when we are afraid. Thomas Bernhard adversitycouragefaces I am the happiest man alive. I have that in me that can convert poverty to riches, adversity to prosperity, and I am more invulnerable than Archilles; Fortune hath not one place to hit me. Thomas Browne adversityalivemen How should thy patience be crowned in heaven if none adversity should befall to thee in earth? If thou wilt suffer none adversity how mayest thou be the friend of Christ? Thomas a Kempis adversitysufferingheaven If thou art willing to suffer no adversity, how wilt thou be the friend of Christ? Thomas a Kempis adversitypainart Enthusiasm is a virtue rarely to be met with in seasons of calm and unruffled prosperity. Enthusiasm flourishes in adversity, kindles in the hour of danger, and awakens to deeds of renown. The terrors of persecution only serve to quicken the energy of its purposes. It swells in proud integrity, and, great in the purity of its cause, it can scatter defiance amidst hosts of enemies. Thomas Chalmers adversityintegrityenemy There is no man in this world without some manner of tribulation or anguish, though he be king or pope. Thomas a Kempis adversitykingsmen For every one hundred men who can stand adversity there is only one who can withstand prosperity. Thomas Carlyle prosperityadversitymen As iron put into the fire loseth its rust and becometh clearly red-hot, so he that wholly turneth himself unto God puts off all slothfulness, and is transformed into a new man. Thomas a Kempis adversityfiremen What such a man needs is not courage but nerve control, cool headedness. This he can get only by practice. Theodore Roosevelt adversitypracticemen It carries a burden which is no burden; it will not be kept back by anything low and mean; it desires to be free from all wordly affections, and not to be entangled by any outward prosperity, or by any adversity subdued. Thomas a Kempis adversitylove-ismean Talking about your grievances merely adds to those grievances. Give recognition only to what you desire. Thomas Dreier adversitytalkinggiving Of course, losing my father was traumatic. I was an only child. But from the time my father died, my general theme in life has been to turn adversity into opportunity. Thomas G. Stemberg adversityfatherchildren In prosperous times the mercantile classes often realize fortunes, which go far towards securing them against the future; but unfortunately the working classes, though they share in the general prosperity, do not share in it so largely as in the general adversity. Thomas Malthus realizingadversityclass Our most significant opportunities will be found in times of greatest difficulty. Thomas S. Monson significantadversityopportunity Never, I say, had a country so many openings to happiness as this.... Her cause was good. Her principles just and liberal. Her temper serene and firm.... The remembrance then of what is past, if it operates rightly must inspire her with the most laudable of an ambition, that of adding to the fair fame she began with. The world has seen her great adversity.... Let then, the world see that she can bear prosperity; and that her honest virtue in time of peace is equal to the bravest virtue in time of war. Thomas Paine adversitywarcountry Affliction may be lasting, but it is not everlasting. Thomas Watson afflictionadversitymay There is more evil in a drop of sin than in a sea of affliction. Thomas Watson adversityevilsea Affliction has a sting, out withal a wing: sorrow shall fly away. Thomas Watson adversitysorrowwings Mankind apparently find it easier to drive away adversity than to retain prosperity. Thucydides prosperityeasieradversity Adversity builds character and character takes you places money can't. T.I. adversitycharacter«5657585960616263646566»
