Adversity Quotes

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"Man is the only animal for whom his
own existence is a problem he has to solve."
~Erich Fromm~

"There has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it."
~Buddha~

"Everything that we see is a shadow cast by that which we do not see." ~Martin Luther King Jr~ 

"Challenges are what make life interesting. Overcoming them is what  makes life meaningful."
~Joshua J. Marine~

"Men succeed when they realize that their failures
are the preparation for their victories."
~Ralph Waldo Emerson~

"Don’t ask for an easier life; ask to be a stronger person."
~Unknown~

"A successful man is one who can build a firm foundation
with the bricks that others throw at him."
~David Brinkley~

"Never let life’s hardships disturb you.
No one can avoid problems, not even saints or sages."
~Nichiren Daishonen~ Adversity quotes

"One must still have chaos in oneself to
be able to give birth to a dancing star."
~Friedrich Nietzsche~

"We are more often frightened than hurt;
and we suffer more from imagination than from reality."
~Marcus Annaeus Seneca~

"The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves
as the sole cause of all our adversities."
~Sophocles~

"Adversity enhances this tale we call life."
~Ever Garrison~

"The art of living lies less in eliminating our troubles
than in growing with them.
~Bernard M. Baruch~

"Grey skies are just clouds passing over."
~Duke Ellington~

"He that can heroically endure adversity will bear prosperity
with equal greatest of the soul; for the mind that cannot be dejected
by the former is not likely to be transported without the latter."
~Ralph Waldo Emerson~ Adversity quotes

"I’ve had a few setbacks in my life, but I never gave up."
~Harry S. Truman~

"Great spirits have always encountered
violent opposition from mediocre minds."
~Albert Einstein~

"Keep away from small people who try to belittle your ambitions.
Small people always do that, but the really great
make you feel that you too can become great."
~Mark Twain~

"Times are called 'dark' not because the light
fails to shine, but because people refuse to see it."
~James A. Michener~

"A ship is safe in harbor... But that's not what ships were built for." ~William Shed~

"Mistakes are part of the dues one pays for a full life."
~Sophia Loren~