Quotes About Adversity

Adversity reminds men of religion.

Bad company is as instructive as licentiousness. One makes up for the loss of one's innocence with the loss of one's prejudices.

It is good to be without vices, but it is not good to be without temptations.

The best way to drive out the devil, if he will not yield to texts of Scripture, is to jeer and flout him, for he cannot bear scorn.

A soft and sheltered Christianity, afraid to be lean and lone, unwilling to face the storms and brave the heights, will end up fat and foul in the cages of conformity.

The one thing I like about the religion is, I'm never at a loss to do something. No matter what happens in my life, there is something for me to do so I don't feel as though I have lost control.

Persecution is as necessary to religion as pruning to an orchard.

God didn't design your life so you would constantly fall down, but he does hope that you will be brought to your knees.

The devil is the most stubborn verisimilitude on earth!

Spirituality is the ability to say - It is OK, in every circumstance.

You have to risk falling to be able to fly.

Overcoming difficulties leads to courage, self-respect, and knowing yourself.

The road that I'm on is a path that I didn't choose. It chose me. I'm just trying to walk it, and to do the best that I can to honor and respect it.

When you accept and appreciate yourself you can handle any situation with class, dignity and respect.

Respect your curses, for they are the instruments of your destiny.

Respect your haters. They're the only ones who think you're better than them.

I guessed life was like that. You gained and you lost, and if you saved anything from the ruins, even if only a shred of self-respect, it was enough to take you through the next bit.

I admire the Elsie Tanners and Barbara Windsors of the world: people who have crawled back from the abyss. I'm quite camp in that respect.

Distressed valor challenges great respect, even from an enemy.

The fact is, if a young man is naturally indolent, the spur of necessity will drive him but a very little way, while the having enough to live upon is often the means of preserving his self-respect.

Self-respect will keep a man from being abject when he is in the power of enemies, and will enable him to feel that he may be in the right when the world is against him.

Valour, however unfortunate, commands great respect even from enemies: but the Romans despise cowardice, even though it be prosperous.

I respect a person that has had to fight and howl for his decency.

After you get your freedom, your enemy will respect you.