Quotes About Adversity

Sometimes the greatest tests of our strength are situations that don't seem so obviously dangerous. Sometimes surviving is the hardest thing of all.

Everything that has ever happened to you has happened for you. Not one thing that has happened is wasted... You were building strength and strength x strength = POWER.

Misfortune sprinkles ashes on the head of the man, but falls like dew on the heart of the woman, and brings forth [gems] of strength of which she herself had no conscious possession.

Peace is the first step to equip yourself to face problems. Once you find the peace and the inner strength, then you can face any problem. It won't even appear as a problem then.

Fortitude: That quality of mind which does not care what happens so long as it does not happen to us.

Your enemy wants to strip you, make sport of you, and merchandise your body, but your heavenly Father wants to clothe you with beauty, strength, dignity and honor that will endure.

There are no temptations from which assailed virtue may not gain strength, instead of falling before them, vanquished and subdued.

The middle of life is the testing-ground of character and strength.

One is given strength to bear what happens to one, but not the 100 and 1 different things that might happen.

The strongest iron, hardened in the fire, most often ends in scraps and shatterings.

For to be desperate is to discover strength. / We die of comfort and by conflict live.

If we didn't struggle through some things, we would never develop the strength and stamina we need to survive in this world.

Easily mistaken, it is not about a love for adversity, it is about knowing a strength and a faith so great that adversity, in all its adverse manifestations, hardly even exists.

My dear, it is a great strength to have faced the worst and to have *felt* it a feature of beauty. Nothing ever after can shake one.

I used to think you were weak and just didn't fight back ... but now, honestly, I think you're actually pretty tough. It takes a hell of a lot of strength to not complain and lash out.

He leaned heavily on the desk now, as if danger had strengthened him before and its lack now made him weak.

To fear the foe, since fear oppresseth strength, gives in your weakness strength unto your foe.

Adversity itself may lead toward and not away from God and spiritual enlightenment; and privation may prove a source of strength if we can but keep a sweetness of mind and spirit.

While there may be thorns and disappointments, while there may be heartache, even heartbreak, there can be peace and comfort and strength from the Lord for those who follow Him.

I have certainly faced my fair share and will likely come across more. These experiences have been fuel for my music. Facing these challenges has forced me to recognize my own inner strength.

So long as some are strong and some are weak, the weak will be driven to the wall.

Having to struggle gave me the chance to demonstrate strength of character.

I will have faith that, though I might not understand why adversity happens, by my conscious choice I can find strength, compassion, and grace through my trials.

I learned from you that I do not crumble. I learned that strength is somthing you choose.