Overcoming Adversity Quotes

Hope will never be silent . Harvey Milk  

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

Inside of a ring or out, ain’t nothing wrong with going down. It’s staying down that’s wrong. Muhammad Ali

A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. Winston Churchill

Every adversity, every failure every heartache carries with it the seed of an equal or  greater benefit. Napoleon Hill

Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it. Horace

Do not yield to misfortunes, but meet them on the contrary with fortitude. Virgil

  A good resolve will make any port. Horace

If I had a formula for bypassing trouble, I would not pass it round.   Trouble creates a capacity to handle it. I don’t embrace trouble;  that’s as bad as treating it as an enemy. But I do say meet it as a friend, for you’ll see a lot of it and had better be on speaking terms with it. Oliver Wendell Holmes

Obstacles are great incentives. Michelet

          Obstacles cannot crush me. Every obstacle yields to stern resolve. He who is fixed to a star does not change his mind. Leonardo Da Vinci 

          A problem is a chance for you to do your best. Duke  Ellington 

          There is no education like adversity. Benjamin Disraeli

  Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them.  The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us   Voltaire

The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.                   Dutch Proverb                    

  I ask not for a lighter burden, but for broader shoulders. Jewish Proverb

                    Tough times never last, but strong people do. Robert H. Schuller  

                          A man of character finds a special attractiveness in difficulty, since it is only by coming  to grips with difficulty that he can realize his potentialities. Charles de Gaulle

Adversity’s sweet milk, philosophy. William Shakespeare

Let me embrace thee, sour adversity, for wise men say it is the wisest  course. William Shakespeare

Adversity is the first path to truth. Lord Byron

To have become a deeper man is the privilege of those who have suffered. Oscar Wilde                  

We acquire the strength we have overcome. Ralph Waldo Emerson

          One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.   Albert Schweitzer                    

  You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you. Walt Disney

Everybody ought to do at least two things each day that he hates to do, just for practice.             William James  

The problem is not that there are problems.  The problem is expecting otherwise and thinking that having problems is a problem. Theodore Rubin

Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor. Truman Capote

Never take an elevator in City Hall . Harvey Milk

Keep on Aging Forward! William Smith

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