Best grief & adversity Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“There is not unmitigated ill in the sharpest of this world's sorrows; I touch not the sore of thy guilt; but of human griefs I counsel thee, Cast off the weakness of regret, and gird thee to redeem thy loss: Thou has gained, in the furnace of affliction, self-knowledge, patience and humility, And these be as precious ore, that waiteth the skill of the coiner: Despise not the blessings of adversity, nor the gain thou hast earned so hardly, And now thou hast drained the bitter, take heed that thou lose not the sweet.”

Source: Tupper's Poetical Works: Proverbial Philosophy, A Thousand Lines, Hactenus

“The way to experience ultimate happiness is to let go of all worries and regrets, and to know that being happy is the most satisfying of life's feelings. Reflect back on all the progress in your life and allow the positive, creative and joyous thoughts to outshine and overwhelm any sorrow or grief that may linger in the recesses of your mind. Knowing that disease and disaster are natural parts of life is the key to overcoming adversity with a calm and happy spirit. Happiness is waiting there in front of you. Only you can decide whether or not you choose to experience it. Take this to heart.”

“It is a true observation of ancient writers, that as men are apt to be cast down by adversity, so they, are easily satiated with prosperity, and that joy and grief produce the same effects. For whenever men are not obliged by necessity to fight they fight from ambition, which is so powerful a passion in the human breast that however high we reach we are never satisfied.”

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Author:Niccolo Machiavelli

“Friendship makes prosperity brighter, while it lightens adversity by sharing its griefs and anxieties. [Lat., Secundas res splendidiores facit amicitia, et adversas partiens communicansque leviores.]”

Friendship Grief Anxiety Adversity Prosperity Brighter

Author:Marcus Tullius Cicero

“We say: mad with joy. We should say: wise with grief.”

Should Joy Grief Wise Adversity Mad

Book:Fires

Source: Fires

“Rejoicing refers to moderation of spirit when the mind keeps itself in calmness under adversity and does not give indulgence to grief. Constant praying is the way of 'rejoicing perpetually', for by this means we ask from God alleviation in connection with all our distresses.”

Source: John Calvin's Bible Commentaries On St. Paul's Epistles To The Philippians, Colossians And Thessalonians

“Mishaps are like knives, that either serve us or cut us, as we grasp them by the blade or the handle.”

Source: Fireside Travels

“Happiness is beneficial for the body, but it is grief that develops the powers of the mind.”

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Author:Marcel Proust

“Grief has limits, whereas apprehension has none. For we grieve only for what we know has happened, but we fear all that possibly may happen.”

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Author:Pliny the Elder

“There's a bit of magic in everything, and some loss to even things out.”

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Author:Lou Reed

“The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen.”

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Author:Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

“We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey.”

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Author:Kenji Miyazawa

“If you're going through hell, keep going.”

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Author:Winston Churchill

“The soul would have no rainbow had the eyes no tears.”

Source: Poems

“Love is a fabric which never fades, no matter how often it is washed in the water of adversity and grief.”

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Author:Robert Fulghum

“It is foolish to tear one's hair in grief, as though sorrow would be made less by baldness.”

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Author:Marcus Tullius Cicero

“One's own escape from troubles makes one glad; but bringing friends to trouble is hard grief.”

Hard Grief Trouble Adversity Glad

Author:Sophocles

“How can you and I really expect to glide naively through life, as if to say, 'Lord, give me experience, but not grief, not sorrow, not pain, not opposition, not betrayal, and certainly not to be forsaken. Keep from me, Lord, all those experiences which made Thee what Thou art! Then, let me come and dwell with Thee and fully share Thy joy!'”

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