Adversity Quotes

Adversity quotes remind us that, in life, we are going to hit bumps in the road. We hope these adversity quotes help inspire you to push ahead.

 


"Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you." Charlotte Whitton

"Rise above the storm and you will find the sunshine." ~ Mario Fernandez

"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." ~ Henry Fielding

"When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us." ~ Alexander Graham Bell

"Never, never, never, never give up." ~ Winston Churchill

"In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present." ~ Danny Devito

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

"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 Bradstreet

"Constant success shows us but one side of the world; adversity brings out the reverse of the picture." ~ Charles Caleb Colton

"If you are pained by external things, it is not they that disturb you, but your own judgement of them. And it is in your power to wipe out that judgment now." ~ Marcus Aurelius

"Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish." ~ John Quincy Adams

"Show me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I'll show you someone who has overcome adversity."~ Lou Holtz