“Excellence in art is to be attained only by active effort, and not by passive impressions; by the manly overcoming of difficulties, by patient struggle against adverse circumstance, by the thrifty use of moderate opportunities. The great artists were not rocked and dandled into eminence, but they attained to it by that course of labor and discipline which no man need go to Rome or Paris or London to enter upon.” MenNeedsArtUseArtistCoursesOpportunityEffortStruggleHe ManDisciplineCircumstancesArt IsLaborOvercomingDifficultyExcellencePatientActiveLondonImpressionParisRomePassiveGreat ArtModeratesGreat ArtistManlyAdverseEminenceThrifty Author:George Stillman Hillard
“The duty of the State toward the citizen is the duty of the servant to its master.... One of the duties of the State is that of caring for those of its citizens who find themselves the victims of such adverse circumstances as makes them unable to obtain even the necessities for mere existence without the aid of others.... To these unfortunate citizens aid must be extended by government--not as a matter of charity but as a matter of social duty.” MatterStatesGovernmentSocialExistenceMastersDutyCitizensCircumstancesVictimMereCharityCaringAidsServantUnfortunateAdverse Author:Franklin D. Roosevelt
“We can experience joy in adverse circumstances by holding God's benefits in such esteem that the recognition of them and meditation upon them shall overcome all sorrow.” JoySufferingMeditationCircumstancesSorrowBenefitsOvercomingEsteemRecognitionAdverse Author:John Calvin
“If you will call your troubles experiences, and remember that every experience develops some latent force within you, you will grow vigorous and happy, however adverse your circumstances may seem to be.” IfsInspirationalMaySeemsMotivationalRememberHappinessForceGrowsAttitudeTroubleCircumstancesExperienceAdversityHappyPositive AttitudeWithin YouVigorousAdverseLatentOptimism In LifeAdversity In LifeCool AttitudeMany Hands Author:John Heywood
“To overcome adverse circumstances, you have to learn to overcome your own hang-ups, values, and idiosyncrasies in order to value other people, cultures, and ideas.” PeopleIdeasValuesOrderCultureCircumstancesOvercomingAdverseHang UpsIdiosyncrasies Author:Anne F. Beiler
“When faced with adverse circumstances, if you can do something, do it and there is not need to worry. If you can't do anything, then there is no point to worry. So in either case, worrying is an added suffering. But this does not mean of course that we should not be unhappy about injustice, abuse and other kinds of behavior that brings suffering upon others.” IfsNeedsShouldKindMeanDoeSufferingCoursesCan DoCasesWorryCircumstancesBehaviorAbuseInjusticeUnhappyNo PointCan Do SomethingAdverse Author:Matthieu Ricard