Let me not fear adversity.
You can survive any situation with strength of spirit and soul.
(n.) Opposition; contrariety.
Adversity introduces a man to himself.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
I'm used to adversity and working really well in difficult situations. It was hard for me to accept the success.
The beautiful thing about the NFL season is to see a team come together after they get to know each other in the spring and summer. You then go through adversity together and see how you respond. The...
As a medical doctor, I have known the face of adversity. I have seen much of death and dying, suffering and sorrow. I also remember the plight of students overwhelmed by their studies and of those str...
Truth like the burgeoning of a bulb under the soil however deeply sown will make its way to the light.
Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes and adversity is not without comforts and hopes.
When one's own problems are unsolvable and all best efforts are frustrated it is lifesaving to listen to other people's problems.
Supporting myself at an early age was the best training for life I could have possibly received.
I have learned in the great University of Hard Knocks a philosophy that no woman who has had an easy life ever acquires. I have learned to live each day as it comes and not to borrow trouble by dread...
I have always fought for ideas - until I learned that it isn't ideas but grief struggle and flashes of vision which enlighten.
How sublime a thing it is to suffer and be strong.
Time engraves our faces with all the tears we have not shed.
I have been in sorrow's kitchen and licked out all the pots. Then I have stood on the peaky mountain wrapped in rainbows with a harp and sword in my hands.
Down you mongrel Death! Back into your kennel!
If you do things well do them better. Be daring be first be different be just.
An earthquake achieves what the law promises but does not in practice maintain - the equality of all men.
Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man, but for one man who can stand prosperity, there are a hundred that will stand adversity.