Quotes about Adversity
It is not so much adverse events that make you anxious as it is your thoughts about those events. Your mind engages in efforts to take control of a situation, to bring about the result you desire.
— Sarah Young
To be sane in a mad time is bad for the brain, worse for the heart.
— Wendell Berry
The easiest time to be faithful is during a time of crisis. The hardest time for faith is when all is well.
— George W. Bush
The measure of every man's virtue is best revealed in time of adversity - adversity that does not weaken a man but rather shows what he is.
— Thomas a Kempis
If I've already thought through a situation and have a response prepared ahead of time in the event temptation rears its ugly head, it is that much easier to resist.
— Tim Tebow
How we handle our tough times stays with us for a long time.
— Max Lucado
December is the toughest month of the year. Others are July, January, September, April, November, May, March, June, October, August, and February.
— Mark Twain
When ill luck begins, it does not come in sprinkles, but in showers.
— Mark Twain
Don't you worry your pretty little mind. People throw rocks at things that shine and life makes love look hard
— Mark Twain
The weakest of all weak things is a virtue which has not been tested in the fire.
— Mark Twain
I have been through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened.
— Mark Twain
An enemy can partly ruin a man, but it takes a good-natured injudicious friend to complete the thing and make it perfect.
— Mark Twain