#adversity

Friendship, of itself a holy tie, is made more sacred by adversity. ↗

— Charles Caleb Colton

#friendship #holy #itself #made #more

Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records. ↗

— William Arthur Ward

#adversity #break #causes #men #others

Adversity draws men together and produces beauty and harmony in life's relationships, just as the cold of winter produces ice-flowers on the window-panes, which vanish with the warmth. ↗

— Søren Kierkegaard

#beauty #harmony #beauty

Under adversity, under oppression, the words begin to fail, the easy words begin to fail. In order to convey things accurately, the human being is almost forced to find the most precise words possible, which is a precondition for literature. ↗

— Rita Dove

#adversity #almost #begin #being #convey

We can cry for years but sometimes gotta smile too. ↗

— Aberjhani

#crying #hopefulness #inspiration #inspirational-attitude #inspirational-quotes

I didn't care what, how much adversity life threw at me. I intended to get to the top. ↗

— Ted Turner

#care #get #how #i #intended

Without trials and tribulation, there would be no hero. Without a hero, there would be no story. Without a story, there is no life as life is made up of vignettes of loving, learning and overcoming. ↗

— Gibson

#hero #story #trials #life

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

Everything that I've ever been able to accomplish in skating and in life has come out of adversity and perseverance. ↗

— Scott Hamilton

#accomplish #adversity #been #come #ever