Quotes about Adversity
Often times God demonstrates His faithfulness in adversity by providing for us what we need to survive. He does not change our painful circumstances. He sustains us through them.
- Charles Stanley
God uses no one until He first puts them through the storm. The greater your mission, the greater your storm.
- John Hagee
Alcohol may be man's worst enemy, but the bible says love your enemy.
- Frank Sinatra
Learning is an ornament in prosperity, a refuge in adversity, and a provision in old age.
- Aristotle
By trying we can easily endure adversity. Another man's, I mean.
- Mark Twain
You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.
- Maya Angelou
You have to accept whatever comes and the only important thing is that you meet it with courage and with the best that you have to give.
- Eleanor Roosevelt
A woman is like a teabag, you never know how strong she is until she gets into hot water.
- Eleanor Roosevelt
There is in every true woman's heart, a spark of heavenly fire, which lies dormant in the broad daylight of prosperity, but which kindles up and beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity.
- Washington Irving
When life knocks you down, try to land on your back. Because if you can look up, you can get up. Let your reason get you back up.
- Les Brown
Real friendship is shown in times of trouble; prosperity is full of friends.
- Euripides
Most adults have forgotten what they had to do to survive childhood.
- Mark Vonnegut