2,568 Quotes About Adversity

We live in a day when the adversary stresses on every hand the philosophy of instant gratification. We seem to demand instant everything, including instant solutions to our problems. . .It was meant to be that life would be a challenge. To suffer some anxiety, some depression, some disappointment, even some failure is normal.

Learning to endure times of disappointment, suffering, and sorrow is part of our on-the-job training. These experiences, while often difficult to bear at the time, are precisely the kinds of experiences that stretch our understanding, build our character, and increase our compassion for others.

Some people make a bad bed, they just have to lie in it.

The more difficulties one has to encounter, within and without, the more significant and the higher in inspiration his life will be.

If thou art willing to suffer no adversity, how wilt thou be the friend of Christ?

I have seen human beings who have forged "intellectual" armor to shield themselves from adversity. They seemed stronger than most. They said, "I couldn't care less," and laughed at everything, but when adversity managed to pierce their armor, it caused terrible damage.I have seen human beings suffer from the slightest adversity, the slightest annoyance, but still remain open-minded and sensitive to everything, learning something from each attack.

Always be in command of your music. If life throws you a few bad notes or vibrations, don't let them interrupt or alter your song.

It takes a real storm in the average person's life to make him realize how much worrying he has done over the squalls.

My true potential had more to do with my willingness to struggle than with my past and present circumstances.