Adversity Quotes

If you see Allah, Mighty and Magnificent, holding back this world from you, frequently trying you with adversity and tribulation, know that you hold a great status with Him. Know that He is dealing with you as He does with His Awliya’ and chosen elite, and is watching over you.

What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you.

One thing about championship teams is that they're resilient. No matter what is thrown at them, no matter how deep the hole, they find a way to bounce back and overcome adversity.

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.

Lots of times, our main problem isn't our problem. Our biggest problem is our perspective on our problem.

Prayer is an earnest and familiar talking with God, to whom we declare all our miseries, whose support and help we implore and desire in our adversities, and whom we laud and praise for our benefits received. So that prayer contains the exposition of our sorrows, the desire of God's defence, and the praising of His magnificent name, as the Psalms of David clearly do teach.

There's nothing that cleanses your soul like getting the hell kicked out of you.

A true champion is not judged by how much he or she is admired, but by how well they can stand at the face of adversity.

In order to realize the worth of the anchor we need to feel the stress of the storm.

Often times God demonstrates His faithfulness in adversity by providing for us what we need to survive. He does not change our painful circumstances. He sustains us through them.

Intolerance is itself a form of violence and an obstacle to the growth of a true democratic spirit.

In my experience, men who respond to good fortune with modesty and kindness are harder to find than those who face adversity with courage.

Sometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing that we see too late the one that is open.

Adversity is the midwife of genius

The eagle has no fear of adversity. We need to be like the eagle and have a fearless spirit of a conqueror!

Do not be afraid of your difficulties.Do not wish you could be in other circumstances than you are. For when you have made the best of an adversity, it becomes the stepping stone to a splendid opportunity.

It takes no more time to see the good side of life than to see the bad.

The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us

We must not wish for the disappearance of our troubles but for the grace to transform them.

Challenges make you discover things about yourself that you never really knew. They're what make the instrument stretch - what make you go beyond the norm.

Though we tremble before uncertain futures may we meet illness, death and adversity with strength may we dance in the face of our fears.

Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.

Adversity builds character and character takes you places money can't.

Human rights' are a fine thing, but how can we make ourselves sure that our rights do not expand at the expense of the rights of others. A society with unlimited rights is incapable of standing to adversity. If we do not wish to be ruled by a coercive authority, then each of us must rein himself in...A stable society is achieved not by balancing opposing forces but by conscious self-limitation: by the principle that we are always duty-bound to defer to the sense of moral justice.

In all trouble you should seek God. You should not set Him over against your troubles, but within them. God can only relieve your troubles if you in your anxiety cling to Him. Trouble should not really be thought of as this thing or that in particular, for our whole life on earth involves trouble; and through the troubles of our earthly pilgrimage we find God.

Forget the times of trouble, but not the truths they taught. Forget the days of sorrow, but not the strength they brought. Forget the storms you battled through beneath a heavy load - but not the light that led you safely down the unknown road.

It is in the whole process of meeting and solving problems that life has meaning. Problems are the cutting edge that distinguishes between success and failure. Problems call forth our courage and our wisdom; indeed, they create our courage and our wisdom. It is only because of problems that we grow mentally and spiritually. It is through the pain of confronting and resolving problems that we learn.

Afflictions are the steps to heaven.

Good actions are a guard against the blows of adversity.

In my opinion, character is the most important determinant of a person's success, achievement and ability to handle adversity.

Men succeed when they realize that their failures are the preparation for their victories.

The only use of an obstacle is to be overcome. All that an obstacle does with brave men is, not to frighten them, but to challenge them.

Be a pro. • Act like a champion. • Respond to adversity; don’t react. • Be on time. Being late means either it’s not important to you or you can’t be relied upon. • Execute. Do what you’re supposed to do when you’re supposed to do it. Not almost. All the way. Not most of the time. All of the time. • Take ownership. Whatever it takes. No excuses, no explanations.

It isn't the mountain ahead that wears you out; it's the grain of sand in your shoe.

The experienced mountain climber is not intimidated by a mountain - he is inspired by it. The persistent winner is not discouraged by a problem--he is challenged by it. Mountains are created to be conquered; adversities are designed to be defeated; problems are sent to be solved. It is better to master one mountain than a thousand foothills.

The one thing that can solve most of our problems is dancing.

Paralyze resistance with persistence.

During our mortal schooling in submissiveness, we will see the visible crosses that some carry, but other crosses will go unseen. A few individuals may appear to have no trials at all, which, if it were so, would be a trial in itself. Indeed, if, as do trees, our souls had rings to measure the years of greatest personal growth, the wide rings would likely reflect the years of greatest moisture-but from tears, not rainfall.

You'll never find a better sparring partner than adversity.

Let no worldly prosperity divert you, nor any worldly adversity restrain you from His praise.

We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.

If you don't like your situation in life, don't fret or worry--do something about it. Worry less, and act more.

Whatever is rightly done, however humble, is noble. (Quidvis recte factum quamvis humile praeclarum.)

Always seek out the seed of triumph in every adversity.

It constantly happens that the Lord permits a soul to fall so that it may grow humbler.

If our team doesn't face enough adversity early on in a season, I create it. Nothing builds a team like adversity.

You never know how a horse will pull until you hook him to a heavy load.

A champion is defined by the adversity he overcomes

Adversity introduces a man to himself.

The troubles of this world pass, and what we have left is what we have made of our souls.