Quotations About Adversity
There are two things that one must get used to or one will find life unendurable: the damages of time and injustices of men.
Nicolas Chamfort
We have no right to ask when sorrow comes, "Why did this happen to me?" unless we ask the same question for every moment of happiness that comes our way.
Unknown
Let me embrace thee, sour adversity, for wise men say it is the wisest course.
William Shakespeare
A bend in the road is not the end of the road... unless you fail to make the turn.
Unknown
God brings men into deep waters, not to drown them, but to cleanse them.
John Aughey
The robbed that smiles, steals something from the thief.
William Shakespeare
You never know what you've got until it's gone.
Unknown
I know God will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish that He didn't trust me so much.
Mother Teresa
The only thing that overcomes hard luck is hard work.
Harry Golden
But ne'er the rose without the thorn.
Robert Herrick
We acquire the strength we have overcome.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
In our nature, however, there is a provision, alike marvelous and merciful, that the sufferer should never know the intensity of what he endures by its present torture, but chiefly by the pang that rankles after it.
Nathaniel Hawthorne
If you break your neck, if you have nothing to eat, if your house is on fire, then you got a problem. Everything else is inconvenience.
Robert Fulghum
The healthy and strong individual is the one who asks for help when he needs it. Whether he's got an abscess on his knee or in his soul.
Rona Barrett
Adversity has the same effect on a man that severe training has on the pugilist: it reduces him to his fighting weight.
Josh Billings
Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.
M. Kathleen Casey
Some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers.
Garth Brooks
If you're going through hell, keep going.
Winston Churchill