These adversity quotes are about people overcoming great adversity in their lives. If you are having a tough time in your current situation, you might be inspired by these quotes. Read on for the motivating ideas behind these quotes.
In this article, I have collected many adversity quotes that will motivate you to overcome adversity and live a good life.
Adversity quotes
There are some other very inspiring adversity quotes that you can consider as you work your way up the ladder of your success. For example, one such famous quote is this one from Mark Twain: “A woman who will not fail to lose her socks is a woman worth her salt. Here are the best quotes on adversity.
Our lives improve only when we take chances — and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves.
-WALTER ANDERSON
Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear, and obstacles vanish.
-JOHN QUINCY ADAMS
Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.
-AESOP
Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for talent is genius.
-HENRI-FREDERIC AMIEL
So much of what we call management consists of making it difficult for people to work.
-LOUIS ARMSTRONG
It is not always by plugging away at a difficulty and sticking at it that one overcomes it, but, rather, often by working on the one next to it. Certain people and certain things require to be approached from an angle.
-MATTHEW ARNOLD
It is easier to be a lover than a husband for the simple reason that it is more difficult to be witty every day than to say pretty things from time to time.
-HONORE DE BALZAC
Count not thyself to have found true peace, if thou hast felt no grief; nor that then all is well if thou hast no adversary; nor that this is perfect if all things fall out according to thy desire.
-HONORE DE BALZAC
What do we live for if not to make life less difficult for each other?
-ROGER BANNISTER
To find a fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.
-ARTHUR OLIVE HOWARD BELL
A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
-UNKNOWN
There are two ways of meeting difficulties: You alter the difficulties or alter yourself to meet them.
-PHYLLIS BOTTOM
If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.
-ANNE DUDLEY BRADSTREET
Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man, but for one man who can stand prosperity, there are a hundred that will stand adversity.
-THOMAS CARLYLE
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Inspirational Quotes for Overcoming Adversity
When you have problems or troubles in your personal or professional life, one of the best ways to overcome those difficulties or problems is to look for inspirational quotes and stories that will give you hope.
The next of the many kinds of adversity quotes that will inspire you is one that has to do with finding the “poison” or the antidote to adversity.
Every adversity, every failure, and every heartache carries with it the Seed of an equivalent or a greater Benefit.
-NAPOLEAN HILL
Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater.
-WILLIAM HAZLITT
The experience of democracy is like the experience of life itself-always changing, infinite in its variety, sometimes turbulent, and all the more valuable for having been tested by adversity.
-JAMES EARL JIMMY CARTER
In prosperity, our friends know us; in adversity, we know our friends.
-CHURTON COLLINS
Friendship, of itself a holy tie, Is made more sacred by adversity.
-CHARLES CALEB COLTON
All the adversity I’ve had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me. . . . You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.
-WALTER ELIAS DISNEY
Any activity that adversely affects society is immoral.
-B. J. GUPTA
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Life is truly known only to those who suffer, lose, endure adversity and stumble from defeat to defeat.
-RYSZARD KAPUSCINSKI
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.
-ABRAHAM LINCOLN
Happiness is like a sunbeam, which the least shadow intercepts, while adversity is often the rain of spring.
-CHINESE PROVERB
In times of prosperity, friends will be plenty. In times of adversity, not one in twenty.
-ENGLISH PROVERB
One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.
-ALBERT SCHWEITZER
The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity.
LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA
We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.
-LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA
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Sweet are the uses of adversity Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, Wears a precious jewel in his head yet.
-WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
The rule is perfect: In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane.
-MARK TWAIN
It is always important to remember that adversity can be a great motivator if you can turn it into something positive and use it as a stepping stone to your success. You can share these adversity quotes with your family and friends.