Quotes About Adversity

The moment of near despair is quite often the moment that precedes courage.

Sometimes the answer to fear does not lie in trying to explain away the causes, sometimes the answer lies in courage.

Fear is a fire to temper courage and resolve. Use it so.

A fall from the third floor hurts as much as a fall from the hundredth. If I have to fall, may it be from a high place.

I am not afraid of a fight; I have to do my duty, come what may.

Any coward can fight a battle when he's sure of winning.

The pressure of adversity does not affect the mind of the brave man. It is more powerful than external circumstances.

the heaviest anguish often precedes a return tide of joy and courage.

Despair gives courage to a coward.

War paralyzes your courage and deadens the spirit of true manhood.

Have the courage to face a difficulty lest it kick you harder than you bargain for.

For courage, there must be something at stake. I come here with nothing to lose.

Courage starts when the fun stops

You need to have the courage to fail.

Courage! Suffering, when it climbs highest, lasts not long.

Always expect the best. Then if you have to hurdle a few tough problems, you will have generated the strength and courage to do so.

Your real courage shows best in the hour of adversity.

Leve fit quod bene fertur onus. The burden which is well borne becomes light.

Bravery has no place where it can avail nothing.

Terror itself, when once grown transcendental, becomes a kind of courage; as frost sufficiently intense, according to the poet Milton, will burn.

It takes courage to lead a life. Any life.

He who knows how to suffer everything can dare everything.

Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life, and when it comes, hold your head high, look it quarely in the eye and say, 'I will be bigger than you. You cannot defeat me.

The bird that would soar above the plain of tradition and prejudice must have strong wings.