Adversity Quotes

The value of liberty was thus enhanced in our estimation by the difficulty of its attainment, and the worth of characters appreciated by the trial of adversity.

We began a contest for liberty ill provided with the means for the war, relying on our patriotism to supply the deficiency. We expected to encounter many wants and distressed... we must bear the present evils and fortitude.

True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity, before it is entitled to the appellation.

This is what I found out about religion: It gives you courage to make the decisions you must make in a crisis, and then the confidence to leave the result to a higher power. Only by trust in God can a man carrying responsibility find repose.

Hardships exist to make me stronger, helping me grow and improve, not to leave me hopeless or discouraged.

Fix your course on a star and you'll navigate any storm.

A general of ordinary talent, occupying a bad position and surprised by a superior force, seeks his safety in retreat; but a great captain supplies all deficiencies by his courage, and marches boldly to meet the attack. By this means he disconcerts his adversary, and if this last shows any irresolution in his movements, a skilful leader, profiting by his indecision, may even hope for victory.

There shall be no Alps.

Adversity is the midwife of genius.

How many things apparently impossible have nevertheless been performed by resolute men who had no alternative but death.

True heroism consists in rising superior to misfortune.

Adversity cleanses the lethargies of man.

He makes the basic point that it is not so much the disability one suffers from that matters but one's attitude to it. The man who says: I will conquer this illness & live a happy life, is already halfway through to victory.

Even if you have a terminal disease, you don't have to sit down and mope. Enjoy life and challenge the illness that you have.

There are few misfortunes in this world that you cannot turn into a personal triumph if you have the iron will and the necessary skill.

Difficulties break some men but make others. No axe is sharp enough to cut the soul of a sinner who keeps on trying, one armed with the hope that he will rise even in the end.

Do not judge me by my successes, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.

One must never forget when misfortunes come that it is quite possible they are saving one from something much worse; or that when you make some great mistake, it may very easily serve you better than the best-advised decision.

At times of crisis, myths have their historical importance.

When you have to hold a hot coffee-pot, it is better not to break the handle off.