Quotes About Adversity

When sorrow knocks at your door, tell it you're busy finding happiness.

Be like the bird who, pausing in her flight awhile on boughs too slight, feels them give way beneath her, and yet sings, knowing she hath wings.

I am dying with the help of too many physicians.

I wouldn't have been a health care nut if it hadn't been for my paralysis, so something good came from this.

Health is a good thing; but sickness is far better, if it leads us to God.

In some ways I'm still recovering from the trial. My health is not as good as it ought to be. I've gone back to practicing law and it seems to have taken a toll for whatever reason.

Adversity is a natural part of being human. It is the height of arrogance to prescribe a moral code or health regimen or spiritual practice as an amulet to keep things from falling apart.

After the break up of the municipality and the loss of his income my father lost health and spirits.

Without fear and illness, I could never have accomplished all I have

One should treat one's fate as one does one's health; enjoy it when it is good, be patient with it when it is poor, and never attempt any drastic cure save as an ultimate resort.

Childhood trauma is not necessarily a prophecy of doom, because some children are resilient or because later experiences help to restore mental health.

For what human ill does dawn not seem to be alternative?

Adversity is the nurse of greatness which roughly rocks her patients back to health.

It's the broken that find a way, because the cracks, although deep, let out as much light as the darkness they let in

I actually lost both my legs. I can walk because I got really good health care.

With happiness as with health: to enjoy it, one should be deprived of it occasionally.

A certain amount of opposition is a great help to a man. Kites rise against, not with, the wind.

The hardships that I encountered in the past will help me succeed in the future.

The things that caused problems for me in school are the same things that help me succeed in the world.

Onward we stagger, and if the tanks come, may God help the tanks.

Humor can help you cope with the unbearable so that you can stay on the bright side of things until the bright side actually comes along.

Lord, help me to see what comes my way as an opportunity instead of an inconvenience.

What do girls do who haven't any mothers to help them through their troubles?

The best advice I can give to anyone going through a rough patch is to never be afraid to ask for help.