Quotes
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on Adversity
No emotional crisis is wholly the product of outward circumstances. These may precipitate it. But what turns an objective situation into a subjectively critical one is the interpretation the individual puts upon it—the meaning it has in his emotional economy; the way it affects his self-image.
~Bonaro Overstreet -
on Adversity
I have woven a parachute out of everything broken.
~William Stafford -
on Adversity
Hard times are about losing spirit, and hope, and what happens when dreams dry up.
~Unknown -
on Adversity
And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death neither sorrow, nor crying; neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
~Revelations 21:4from Bible -
on Adversity
It is the material of all things loose and set afloat that makes my sea.
~Herman Melville -
on Adversity
Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered;
~Hebrews 5:8from Bible -
on Adversity
When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on.
~Thomas Jefferson -
on Adversity
The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.
~Robert G. Ingersoll -
on Adversity
When the well's dry, we know the worth of water.
~Unknown -
on Adversity
You cannot prevent the birds of sadness from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from building nests in your hair.
~Chinese proverb -
on Adversity
We are all in the same boat in a stormy sea, and we owe each other a terrible loyalty.
~G. K. Chesterton -
on Adversity
Things could be worse. Suppose our errors were counted and published everyday like those of a baseball player.
~Unknown -
on Adversity
The winds and the waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.
~Unknown -
on Adversity
Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm.
~Winston Churchill -
on Adversity
In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.
~Albert Einstein -
on Adversity
If things go wrong, don't go with them.
~Roger Babson -
on Adversity
History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They finally won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats. Disappointments acted as a challenge. Don’t let difficulties discourage you.
~B. C. Forbes -
on Adversity
Lo, the winter is past, the rains are over and gone and the song of the dove is heard in our land.
~Song of Solomon 2:11from Bible -
on Adversity
1. If you are too willing to die, you can be killed. 2. If you are too eager to live, you can be captured. 3. If you are too quick to anger, you can be shamed. 4. If you are too puritanical, you can be disgraced. 5. If you are too sentimental (love people), you can be troubled.
~from The Dancing Healers -
on Adversity
Ships in harbor are safe, but that's not what ships are built for.
~John Shedd -
on Adversity
Good timber does not grow with ease; the stronger the wind, the stronger the trees.
~J. Willard Marriott -
on Adversity
Be like the birds --- sing after every storm.
~Unknown -
on Adversity
Henry Eyring once remarked on the importance of being good to people whom you pass "on the way up," because you will want them to be good to you when they pass you on their way up and you are on your way down.
~Henry Eyring -
on Adversity
When I was a young man, I served as counselor to a wise district president in the Church. He tried to teach me. One of the things I remember wondering about was this advice he gave: "When you meet someone, treat them as if they were in serious trouble, and you will be right more than half the time."
~Henry B. Eyringfrom April 2004 General Conference -
on Adversity
Sometimes we feel like Linus when his blanket is in the dryer.
~Unknown