78 quotes
“A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor.”
— Unknown
“The measure of a man is the way he bears up under misfortune.”
— Plutarch
“Adversity makes humans stronger.”
— Friedrich Nietzsche
“In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.”
— Albert Einstein
“There is a saying in Tibetan that adversity is a good teacher and faith is what makes us good students”
— Dalai Lama
“Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant.”
— Horace
“What does not destroy me, makes me stronger.”
“In times of adversity and change we really discover who we are and what we are made of”
— Howard Schultz
“There are some things you learn best in calm, and some in storm.”
— Willa Cather
“Friendship makes prosperity more shining and lessens adversity by dividing and sharing it.”
— Cicero
“Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.”
— Martha Graham
“The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.”
— Seneca the Younger
“The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity.”
— Seneca
“Have you not learned great lessons from those who reject you, and brace themselves against you?”
— Walt Whitman
“A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.”
“That which does not kill us makes us stronger.”
“The flower that blooms in adversity is the most rare and beautiful of all.”
“Friendship makes prosperity more shining and lessens adversity by dividing and sharing it”
— Thomas More
“To bear trials with a calm mind robs misfortune of its strength and burden.”
— Confucius
“There is in every true woman's heart a spark of heavenly fire, which lies dormant in the broad daylight of prosperity, but which kindles up and beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity.”
— Washington Irving
“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man character, give him power.”
— Abraham Lincoln
“Adversity reveals genius prosperity conceals it”
“Every adversity every failure every heartache carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit.”
— Napoleon Hill
“What doesn't kill me makes me stronger.”
“Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them.”
— Publilius Syrus
“The lotus grows in muddy water, yet rises above the surface to bloom with remarkable beauty.”
“Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant”
“And once the storm is over, you will not remember how you made it through. But one thing is certain: when you come out of the storm, you will not be the same person who walked in.”
— Haruki Murakami
“That which does not kill us in family makes us stronger together.”
“In prosperity our friends know us in adversity we know our friends”
— John Churton Collins
“Mishaps are like knives, that either serve us or cut us, as we grasp them by the blade or the handle.”
— James Russell Lowell
“Kites rise highest against the wind, not with it.”
“Every adversity every failure every heartache carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit”
“If you are irritated by every rub, how will you ever get polished?”
— Rumi
“All the adversity I have had all my troubles and obstacles have strengthened me”
— Walt Disney
“Calamity is the test of integrity.”
— Samuel Richardson
“If you are going through hell, keep going.”
— Winston Churchill
“The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory.”
“What does not kill us makes us stronger.”
“Life is not always a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes playing a poor hand well.”
— Jack London
“Misfortune nobly born is good fortune.”
— Marcus Aurelius
“In a calm sea every man is a pilot.”
— John Ray
“If you are irritated by every rub, how will your mirror be polished?”
“You never know how strong you are until being strong is your only choice.”
— Bob Marley
“That which does not kill us makes us stronger”
“In all adversity of fortune, the most unhappy sort of misfortune is to have been happy.”
— Boethius
“A great wind is blowing, and that gives you either imagination or a headache.”
— Catherine the Great
“What does not kill me makes me stronger.”
“The harder the conflict, the greater the triumph.”
— George Washington
“There is no better than adversity. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance the next time.”
— Og Mandino
“No mud, no lotus.”
— Thich Nhat Hanh
“Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened.”
— Helen Keller
“Through faith a person is made whole and finds peace not in the absence of trouble, but in the midst of it.”
— Meister Eckhart
“The lotus flower blooms most beautifully from the deepest and thickest mud.”
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