Quotes about Adversity
Remember the saying, What doesn't kill you, makes you stronger? It's true!
— Paulo Coelho
We should not moor a ship with one anchor, or our life with one hope.
— Epictetus
Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundation of America. These acts shatter steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve.
— George W. Bush
My main ambition in life is to be on the Devil's most wanted list.
— Leonard Ravenhill
To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind, and sometimes against it. But we must not drift or lie at anchor.
— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
He that struggles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.
— Edmund Burke
The school of life offers some difficult courses, but it is in the difficult class that one learns the most.
— Corrie Ten Boom
I wish I were out of doors - I wish I were a girl again, half savage and hardy, and free... and laughing at injuries,not maddening under them!
— Emily Bronte
Being repulsed continually hardened her.
— Emily Bronte
Together they would brave satan and all his legions.
— Emily Bronte
What are we to do, then? To make the best of what lies within our power, and deal with everything else as it comes. 'How does it come, then?' As God wills.
— Epictetus
Asked how a man should best grieve his enemy, Epictetus replied, By setting himself to live the noblest life himself.
— Epictetus