Top 1200 Inspirational Adversity Quotes & Sayings - Page 17

Many times I had to dig deep and perform. All of that adversity helped me and drove me to want to be the best.

Sometimes good comes through adversity. I would not be who I am today had it not been for the internment, and I like who I am.

Not everybody gets to play their first year or second year. Some people have to go through adversity.

Just as we're all students throughout life, we're all teachers. In fact, we learn best by offering what we desire for ourselves to as many individuals as we can, as frequently as we can.....Following this line of thinking, it's imperative that we make deliberate effort to increase our inspirational energy, as this will lead us to being both a spiritual learner and teacher simultaneously.

There will always be some curve balls in your life. Teach your children to thrive in that adversity.

Recommend virtue to your children, that alone - not wealth - can give happiness. It upholds in adversity and the thought of it and my art prevents me from putting an end to my life.

Of all the uses of adversity which are sweet, none are sweeter than those which grow out of disappointed love.

I don't read a lot of inspirational books for life. But for writing, I think the two best books are The War of Art and William Zinsser's On Writing Well. I read a lot of classics.

I had been seasoned by adversity, and tutored by experience, and I longed to redeem my lost honour in the eyes of those whose opinion was more than that of all the world to me.

Remorse goes to sleep during a prosperous period and wakes up in adversity. [Fr., Le remords s'endort durant un destin prospere et s'aigrit dans l'adversite.]

We have to have adversity in order for us to really reap the benefits and really just have an appreciation of how hard it is to win in the NBA.

The single most important thing in a child's performance is the quality of the teacher. Making sure a child spends the maximum amount of time with inspirational teachers is the most important thing.

In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider.

I know a lot of Cup Series champions, and they each have a very different personality. They all go about handling adversity, their challenges, and even confrontation a little differently.

In adversity, everything that surrounds you is a kind of medicine that helps you refine your conduct, yet you are unaware of it. In pleasant situations, you are faced with weapons that will tear you apart, yet you do not realize it.

The Muppets are always really positive when they come across adversity, and they always have the ability to see the good in people.

Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters.

A wretched soul, bruised with adversity, We bid be quiet when we hear it cry; But were we burdened with light weight of pain, As much or more we should ourselves complain.

Without that innate sense of human worth, a man cannot long endure adversity, nor can he long enjoy prosperity.

Easy times are the enemy, they put us to sleep. Adversity is our friend, it wakes us up

Remain focused on fulfilling your business mission. Never allow adversity divert your attention and efforts.

I spent a long time reporting on trans issues, and I know in the course of that reporting I saw how deeply adversity runs.

Acting is a lifelong love affair, and I am passionate and respect my craft to the utmost degree, which gives me the strength to move on from adversity in my work.

Adversity, if a man is set down to it by degrees, is more supportable with equanimity by most people than any great prosperity arrived at in a single lifetime.

Sure, I've dealt with my own share of adversity as an outsider living in this country but I recognize my challenges were not made harder, or impossible, because of the color of my skin.

Hope is a decision we make, a choice to believe that God can take the adversity, the disappointment, the heartache, and the pain of our journeys and use these to accomplish his purposes.

You learn from adversity more than anything because it allows you to see so much. It really allows you to see things in a different way.

We don't develop courage by being happy every day. We develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity.

Friendship that flows from the heart cannot be frozen by adversity, as the water that flows from the spring cannogt congeal in winter.

I've dealt with adversity before, had injuries before. I didn't let that slow me down. It just changed my attitude about the game.

When adversity strikes, that's when you have to be the most calm. Take a step back, stay strong, stay grounded and press on.

A heart well prepared for adversity in bad times hopes, and in good times fears for a change in fortune.

When that fire hit your ass, it will sober your ass up quick! I saw something, I went, Well, that's a pretty blue. You know what? That looks like... FIRE! Fire is inspirational. They should use it in the Olympics, because I ran the 100 in 4.3.

The ultimate test of a nation's character is not how it responds to adversity in war but how it meets the challenge of peace.

A real friend will not visit you in prosperity unless he is invited, but when you are in adversity he will call without invitation.

You may feel singled out when adversity enters your life. You shake your head and wonder, 'Why me?'

You don't develop courage by being happy in your relationships everyday. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity.

Fire proves gold, adversity proves men.

Drop all negative thoughts from the mind. Do not dwell on adversity but think plenty into everything, for there is power in the word. Meditate on the things you are doing as being already done - complete and perfect.

The virtue of prosperity is temperance; the virtue of adversity is fortitude.

To be an Instagram model, you absolutely cannot just post pictures of yourself in a bikini for the sake of people seeing you in a bikini - even if that is exactly what you are doing. No, you need to caption these photos with an inspirational quote so that people will know that you are not just a butt, you're a gosh dang philosopher.

Adversity is a huge advantage - as long as you think of it as an advantage - because it helps you do things you never thought you were capable of doing.

It is often in the trial of adversity that we learn those most critical lessons that form our character and shape our destiny.

A dog can have a friend; he has affections and character, he can enjoy equally the field and the fireside; he dreams, he caresses, he propitiates; he offends, and is pardoned; he stands by you in adversity; he is a good fellow.

It was the time when they loved each other best, without hurry or excess, when both were most conscious of and grateful for their incredible victories over adversity.

I am so much more than what happened to me. I'm a mother and a businesswoman; I run a charity that supports others overcoming adversity; and, most importantly, I'm happy.

You must be kind to others. You must foster a caretaker personality of gentleness and perseverance, even in the midst of adversity.

When I first got involved in the underground metal scene in '82, '83, there were only about five or six major Death or Black Metal bands around. There were so many other bands that were inspirational, that really helped.

When the world is in the midst of change, when adversity and opportunity are almost indistinguishable, this is the time for visionary leadership and when leaders need to look beyond the survival needs of those they're serving.

If we had not winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.

Although their parents died in the wilderness for their stubbornness, Israel could profit from the older generation's failure by remembering that God had used adversity to train them.

Prosperity discovers vice, adversity discovers virtue.

I wrote '('Til) I Kissed You' about a girl I met in Australia. Her name was Lilian, and she was very, very inspirational. I was married, but... I wrote the song about her on the way back home.

Life is truly known only to those who suffer, lose, endure adversity and stumble from defeat to defeat.

It will always hurt to be laughed at, snubbed, ignored or attacked by others. But I would remind you that the human personality grows through adversity, provided it is not crushed in the process.

A well-prepared mind hopes in adversity and fears in prosperity. [Lat., Sperat infestis, metuit secundis Alteram sortem, bene preparatum Pectus.]

I've faced adversity countless, countless times throughout my life. One thing I've always preached is keep pushing.

I can't stand adversity and stress and drama and tension. I can't function in that environment. If I have anything to say about it, we're going to get rid of it so that everyone can just relax and have a good time.

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 omni adversitate fortunæ, infelicissimum genus est infortunii fuisse felicem In every adversity of fortune, to have been happy is the most unhappy kind of misfortune.