Adversity Quotes

He knows not his own strength that has not met adversity.

Ben Jonson

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America has always built ourselves out of adversity. All the way back to the Great Depression.

Jim Gray

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I wish that only three residents of Tel Aviv could see what conditions on the West Bank are like. Living in such proximity, most Israelis have no idea about the adversity on the West Bank.

Zubin Mehta

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In prosperity, our friends know us; in adversity, we know our friends.

John Churton Collins

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Overcoming adversity not only makes you stronger, it makes you more hopeful.

Valerie Jarrett

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I don't want to sound Pollyannish about this. I understand that poverty is never just poverty. It's often this collection of maladies, this compounded adversity. I'm not naive about the problem. But I think that stable, steady housing is one of the surest footholds we could have on the road to financial stability.

Matthew Desmond

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When we are faced with adversity, when we are tested on who we are and what we stand for, we always pull together. We stand strong for our values and our way of life. We always have, and I know we always will.

Sadiq Khan

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In adversity, you have to find motivation to continue and do well.

Alvaro Morata

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When I was growing up, I was very lucky. My family was the most important thing to me. They provided me with somewhere safe to grow and learn, and I know I was fortunate not to have been confronted by serious adversity at a young age.

Kate Middleton

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Whenever I do the sign of the cross, it always brings comfort in situations when you are faced with adversity and stress.

Troy Polamalu

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I'm not a quitter. All my career, I went through a lot of physical adversity, injuries. It's in my nature to be a battler.

Harmon Killebrew

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You don't play 162 games without facing some adversity during the course of the year.

Tom Glavine

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I tend to not discriminate when it comes to people I can learn from. Basically, if someone has built a meaningful business in software, technology or media, faced disruption and adversity, and overcame underdog status, I want to know how they did it.

Aaron Levie

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As a medical doctor, I have known the face of adversity. I have seen much of death and dying, suffering and sorrow. I also remember the plight of students overwhelmed by their studies and of those striving to learn a foreign language. And I recall the fatigue and frustration felt by young parents with children in need.

Russell M. Nelson

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We don't develop courage by being happy every day. We develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity.

Barbara De Angelis

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The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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The moment we believe that success is determined by an ingrained level of ability as opposed to resilience and hard work, we will be brittle in the face of adversity.

Joshua Waitzkin

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You may feel singled out when adversity enters your life. You shake your head and wonder, 'Why me?'

Joseph B. Wirthlin

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I really believe in the old expression that what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. It's through adversity that you find the strength you never knew you had.

Christie Brinkley

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If you ask me why I've succeeded, it's because I was in the Royal Marines. You have this unbelievable sense of achievement and of overcoming adversity. That's the confidence it breeds.

Brian McDermott

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For in all adversity of fortune the worst sort of misery is to have been happy.

Boethius

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You have setbacks in your life, and adversity. You can be discouraged about it or have courage to get through it and be better.

Austin Seferian-Jenkins

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Sweet are the uses of adversity which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, wears yet a precious jewel in his head.

William Shakespeare

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The only good thing about times of adversity is that you realize who your real friends and fans are - and the rest go away - which in my mind is an OK thing.

Pete Wentz

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