A well-prepared mind hopes in adversity and fears in prosperity. [Lat. , Sperat infestis, metuit secundis Alteram sortem, bene preparatum Pectus. ]
We are stronger than we think. We have emotional, spiritual and even physical resources at our disposal. We may get knocked down, but we don't have to stay down.
Someone said adversity builds character, but someone else said adversity reveals character. Im pleasantly surprised with my resilience. I persevere, and not just blindly. I take the best, get rid of the rest, and move on, realizing that you can make a choice to take the good.
Fresh activity is the only means of overcoming adversity.
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.
I learned to take those experiences that were difficult in my life and in the adversity that I had overcome to use it for a positive change.
Turning pro is a mindset. If we are struggling with fear, self-sabotage, procrastination, self-doubt, etc. , the problem is, we're thinking like amateurs. Amateurs don't show up. Amateurs crap out. Amateurs let adversity defeat them. The pro thinks differently. He shows up, he does his work, he keeps on truckin', no matter what.
Adversity is another way to measure the greatness of individuals. I never had a crisis that didn't make me stronger.
Sweet are the uses of adversity which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, wears yet a precious jewel in his head.
Adversity removes the friends prosperity has harvested.
Don't let adverse facts stand in the way of a good decision.
Things like reading a book or learning a language, or taking a walk - they're not stimulating. Your mind has to sort of learn how to deal with that kind of stimulation on its own. So that's a very important form of adversity.
Adversity is solitary, while prosperity dwells in a crowd
A spiritually optimistic point of view holds that the universe is woven out of a fabric of love. Everything that is happening is ultimately for the good if we're willing to face it head-on and use our adversities for soul growth.
Human misery must somewhere have a stop; there is no wind that always blows a storm.
No untroubled day has ever dawned for me.
It's a shallow life that doesn't give a person a few scars.
It is always in the midst, in the epicenter, of your troubles that you find serenity.
Aromatic plants bestow no spicy fragrance while they grow; but crush'd or trodden to the ground, diffuse their balmy sweets around.
The whole duty of man is embraced in the two principles of abstinence and patience: temperance in prosperity, and patient courage in adversity.