Quotes about Adversity

The harder the conflict, the greater the triumph.

To persevere in one's duty and be silent, is the best answer to calumny.

The art of living is more like that of wrestling than of dancing. The main thing is to stand firm and be ready for an unforeseen attack.

When ill luck besets us, to ease the tension we have only to remember that happiness is relative. The next time you are tempted to grumble about what has happened to you, why not pause and be glad that it is no worse than it is?

It's easy enough to be pleasant when everything goes like a song, but the man who is worthwhile, is the man who can smile, when everything goes dead wrong.

He that is down need fear no fall.

Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above it.

Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising which tempt you to believe that your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires ... courage.

Good people are good because they've come to wisdom through failure.

Experience is a hard teacher. She gives the test first, the lesson afterwards.

One should ... be able to see things as hopeless and yet be determined to make them otherwise.

He who cannot pray when the sun is shining will not know how to pray when the clouds come.