#adversity

Adversity is like a strong wind. It tears away from us all but the things that cannot be torn, so that we see ourselves as we really are. ↗

— Arthur Golden

#away #cannot #like #ourselves #really

The friend in my adversity I shall always cherish most. I can better trust those who helped to relieve the gloom of my dark hours than those who are so ready to enjoy with me the sunshine of my prosperity. ↗

— Ulysses S. Grant

#adversity #always #better #cherish #dark

Show me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I'll show you someone who has overcome adversity. ↗

— Lou Holtz

#done #i #me #overcome #show

Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant. ↗

— Horace

#circumstances #dormant #effect #lain #prosperous

It is courage, courage, courage, that raises the blood of life to crimson splendor. Live bravely and present a brave front to adversity. ↗

— Horace

#blood #brave #bravely #courage #crimson

Adversity tests us from time to time and it is inevitable that this testing continues during life. ↗

— Walter Annenberg

#continues #during #from time to time #inevitable #life

I am a quiet man who grows through adversity. ↗

— Jose Maria Aznar

#am #grows #i #i am #man

Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; adversity is the blessing of the New. ↗

— Francis Bacon

#blessing #new #old #old testament #prosperity

Sometimes the best and worst times of your life can coincide. It is a talent of the soul to discover the joy in pain—-thinking of moments you long for, and knowing you’ll never have them again. The beautiful ghosts of our past haunt us and yet we still can’t decide if the pain they caused us out weighs the tender moments when they touched our soul. This is the irony of love. (MU Article, 2010) ↗

— Shannon L. Alder

#bad-choices #decisions #family #friendship #hindsight

Adversity is a great teacher, but this teacher makes us pay dearly for its instruction; and often the profit we derive, is not worth the price we paid. ↗

— Elizabeth Hardwick

#dearly #derive #great #instruction #makes