2,568 Quotes About Adversity

  • Author Norm Macdonald
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    In estimating the adversities of life, we would seldom have much reason to complain of the evils we suffer, did we understand the dangers we daily escape.

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  • Author Patrick McVerry
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    He is a guy who has pitched in the big-leagues and battled back from adversity and injury. He brings a tremendous work ethic and that 'I've been in your shoes and it takes hard work' (mindset).

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  • Author Russ McFarland
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    Everyone contributed tonight. We fought through some adversity there, but guys filled in and we?re still alive.

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  • Author Thabo Mbeki
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    Gloom and despondency have never defeated adversity. Trying times need courage and resilience. Our strength as a people is not tested during the best of times,

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  • Author Thomas S. Monson
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    If we do not have a deep foundation of faith and a solid testimony of truth, we may have difficulty withstanding the harsh storms and icy winds of adversity which inevitably come to each of us.

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  • Author Thomas S. Monson
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    In sickness, with its attendant pain, patience is required. If the only perfect man who ever lived-even Jesus of Nazareth-was called upon to endure great suffering, how can we, who are less than perfect, expect to be free of such challenges?

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  • Author Thomas S. Monson
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    There is much that is difficult and challenging in the world today, my brothers and sisters, but there is also much that is good and uplifting. As we declare in our thirteenth article of faith, 'If there is anything virtuous, lovely, or of good report or praiseworthy, we seek after these things.' May we ever continue to do so.

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  • Author Tino Martinez
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    Not just personally, either. More because of what the team went through. The injuries, the adversity ... we went through so much to get here, and to kind of put it all together at the end of the year is pretty satisfying for everyone in this room.

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