“In all distresses of our friends We first consult our private ends; While Nature, kindly bent to ease us, Points out some circumstance to please us.” FirstsEndsCircumstancesPleaseAdversityEaseDistressBent Author:Jonathan Swift
“No matter what your circumstances are, whether you are in prosperity or in adversity, you can learn from every person, transaction, and circumstance around you.” PersonsMatterInspiringEducationCircumstancesAdversityNo Matter WhatProsperityClassroomTransactions Author:Brigham Young
“To bear adversity with meek submission to the will of God; to endure chastisement with all long-suffering and joyfulness; to appear cheerful amid surrounding gloom, hopeful amidst desponding circumstances, happy in God when there is nothing else to make us happy; he who does this has indeed made great advances in the divine life.” LongDoeMadeSufferingSpiritualityDivineBearsCircumstancesAdversityEndureGods WillHopefulCheerfulSubmissionGloomMeekJoyfulnessChastisementLong SufferingDivine Life Author:John Angell James
“Visit Cape Town and history is never far from your grasp. It lingers in the air, a scent on the breezy, an explanation of circumstance that shaped the Rainbow People. Stroll around the old downtown and it's impossible not to be affected by the trials and tribulations of the struggle. But, in many ways, it is the sense of triumph in the face of such adversity that makes the experience all the more poignant.” PeopleWayFacesStruggleImpossibleAirCircumstancesTownsAdversityTrialsTriumphExplanationAffectedRainbowScentTribulationDowntownPoignantTrials And TribulationsCapesBreezyCape Town Author:Tahir Shah
“Sometimes ... we find that even when we do our best to serve the Lord, we still suffer. You may know someone who faces these most challenging of circumstances: consider the parent whose child becomes ill, for whom everyone prays and fasts with all their heart and soul, but who ultimately dies. Or the missionary who sacrifices to go on a mission, then develops a terrible illness that leaves him or her severely disabled or in chronic pain.” KnowsHeartMayChildrenStillsSoulSometimesPainFacesSufferingDiesParentChallengesLordSacrificeGoes OnPrayingCircumstancesTerribleAdversityIllIllnessMissionsMissionaryDisabledHeart And SoulChronic Pain Author:David E. Sorensen
“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
“There are people that don't need to run towards adversity. They grew up in circumstances where it's forced upon them. Other people lead, pushier lives. So there are all kinds of forms of adversity in the world.” PeopleWorldNeedsKindRunningFormGrewCircumstancesGrew UpAdversityAll Kinds Author:Robert Greene
“The point of the adversity is to toughen your mind so that you can handle difficult circumstances in life. Your mind, toughen just like you toughen your body. So it really depends on what you need. It really depends on the individual.” NeedsMindBodyIndividualDifficultLike YouDependsCircumstancesAdversityYour BodyHandleDifficult Circumstances Author:Robert Greene
“Well, well-run companies always have a focus on growth and the two lines, which includes profit. The key thing during, I think, tough times, is to make sure that you've covered the basis for when something, you know, essentially things taking longer, bad luck, adversity, other kinds of circumstances may occur. Make sure that you can monitor to win, it's potentially, you know, something is going to go wrong, monitor early enough, and then take appropriate action to essentially counteract that or shift your strategy or plan, even if in fact something is not working out as well as it is.” IfsThinkingKnowsWellsKindMayTwoEnoughFactsRunningActionWinningGrowthLinesCompanyFocusPlansKeysCircumstancesToughBasesAdversityLuckStrategyProfitWork OutAppropriateCoveredTough TimesBad LuckKey Things Author:Reid Hoffman
“If you've got a desire to achieve something, then keep going until you achieve it. It's not always possible and things might change - circumstances may change or adversity or obstacles may come your way - but keep trying. I feel that I've tried to do that in my life and it's something that I've tried to pass on to my children as well.” TryingChildrenDesireAchieveCircumstancesAdversityObstaclesMy ChildrenKeep Going Author:Victoria Derbyshire
“Achievement is not always success, while reputed failure often is. It is honest endeavor, persistent effort to do the best possible under any and all circumstances.” InspirationalMotivationalSuccessEffortTeacherHonestCircumstancesAchievementDeterminationAdversityEndeavorPersistentDo The BestOvercoming AdversityOften Is Book:The Optimistic Life Source: The Optimistic Life
“If all our happiness is bound up entirely in our personal circumstances it is difficult not to demand of life more than it has to give.” IfsGivingHappinessSuccessJoyDifficultChangeHuman NatureCircumstancesDemandAdversityBoundsInner PeaceLooking For HappinessDifficult Circumstances Book:The Conquest of Happiness Source: The Conquest of Happiness
“It is often during the worst of times that we see the best of humanity–awakening within the most ordinary of us that which is most sublime. I do not believe that it is circumstance that produces such greatness any more than it is the canvas that makes the artist. Adversity merely presents the surface on which we render our souls’ most exacting likeness. It is in the darkest skies that stars are best seen.” BelieveSoulArtistHumanityStarsSkyWorstGreatnessProduceCircumstancesOrdinaryAdversitySurfaceAwakeningCanvasSublime Author:Richard Paul Evans
“The bible says no man can take your joy. That means no person can make you live with a negative attitude. No circumstance, no adversity can force you to live in despair. As Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of wheelchair-bound President Franklin D. Roosevelt, often said, ‘No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” MenFeelsMeanPersonsSaidJoyForcePresidentAttitudeWifeCircumstancesDespairNegativeAdversityBoundsInferiorsConsentFranklinEleanorWheelchairsNegative AttitudePresident Franklin D. Roosevelt Author:Joel Osteen
“Do not be afraid of your difficulties.Do not wish you could be in other circumstances than you are. For when you have made the best of an adversity, it becomes the stepping stone to a splendid opportunity.” MadeOpportunityWishCircumstancesStonesDifficultyAdversitySplendidWish YouStepping StonesOld Soul Author:H. P. Blavatsky