Quotes about Adversity
Never soar aloft on an enemy's pinions.
— Aesop
If you are going to walk with Jesus Christ, you are going to be opposed ... In our days, to be a true Christian is really to become a scandal.
— George Whitefield
If you lose money you lose much, If you lose friends you lose more, If you lose faith you lose all.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
We cannot choose our external circumstances, but we can always choose how we respond to them.
— Epictetus
The circumstances and events that we see as setbacks are oftentimes the very things that launch us into periods of intense spiritual growth
— Charles Stanley
Circumstance does not make the man; it reveals him to himself.
— James Allen
Every problem is a character-building opportunity, and the more difficult it is, the greater the potential for building spiritual muscle and moral fiber.
— Rick Warren
Come what may and love it.
— Joseph Wirthlin
It is easy to love people when they smell good, but sometimes they slip into the manure of life and smell awful. You must love them just as much when they smell foul.
— Wayne Dyer
Surmounting difficulty is the crucible that forms character.
— Tony Robbins
Do not consider painful what is good for you.
— Euripides
A rebirth out of spiritual adversity causes us to become new creatures.
— James Faust