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