Quotes About Adversity

The virtue of adversity is fortitude, which in mortals is the heroical virtue.

To turn an obstacle to one's advantage is a great step towards victory.

Great occasions do not make heroes or cowards; they simply unveil them to the eyes of men ... crisis shows us what we have become.

The deepest definition of youth is life as yet untouched by tragedy.

I believe it would do us good to rise above the little things, the disappointing things, the difficult things, and to see the larger things that are now facing us and to ask ourselves how we are to meet them.

One resolution I have made, and try always to keep, is this: to rise above the little things.

Poverty is the sister of a sound mind.

Shame is heavier than a bag of salt.

If your boot is too tight, walk barefoot.

You can shake your head but don't break your neck.

Water does not cross over holes; it must first fill the hole before it can move on.

Dear 2020: Could you please stop trying to kill us for, like, five minutes?!

2020 is quicksand— Keep calm and try to make it out alive.

For thirty years now, in times of stress and strain, when something has me backed against the wall and I'm ready to do something really stupid with my anger, a sorrowful face appears in my mind and asks... "Problem or inconvenience?" I think of this as the Wollman Test of Reality. Life is lumpy. And a lump in the oatmeal, a lump in the throat, and a lump in the breast are not the same lump. One should learn the difference.

Don't let a bad day make you feel like you have a bad life.

Bad is never good until worse happens.

Difficulties were opportunities inside out, she assured herself...

Every flower must grow through dirt.

It's because so much happens. Too much happens. That's it. Man performs, engenders, so much more than he can or should have to bear. That's how he finds that he can bear anything. That's it. That's what is so terrible. That he can bear anything, anything.

When life gives you lemons, please, just don't squirt them in other people's eyes.

I think it's good to get knocked around a little bit sometimes. I think it's good to rise from the fire... It's a good opportunity to rejuvenate your motivation, to see that hill and go climb it.

Don't trouble trouble 'til trouble troubles you.

At times, challenges hit with the force of a roaring, rushing waterfall. The true test, however, is whether you can put your arms up and enjoy the feel of the water.

The fact that life is a grind is what sharpens many a man's wits.