Whenever there is chaos it creates wonderful thinking. I consider chaos a gift.
Adversity removes the friends prosperity has harvested.
(n.) Opposition; contrariety.
I had long believed adversity was the greatest teacher, but I learnt that nothing teaches you more about life than death.
Through adversity, not only are we given an opportunity to discover our inner strength, we are also given the gift of foresight so we can shine a light for others who go through the experience after u...
Suffering awakes the spirit within.
When the going gets tough, the tough get going
Something called 'the Oklahoma Standard' became known throughout the world. It means resilience in the face of adversity. It means a strength and compassion that will not be defeated.
Fasting is, first and foremost, an exercise for identifying and managing adversity in all its forms. With faith, in full conscience, fasting calls women and men to an extra degree of self-awareness.
The hotter the furnace the finer the gold.
Adversity is opportunity inside out.
Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes and adversity is not without comforts and hopes.
Adversity is the trial of principle. Without it a man hardly knows whether he is honest or not.
[A difficult childhood gave me] a kind of cocky confidence. ... I could never have so little that I hadn't had less. It took away my fear.
It is the north wind that lashes men into Vikings it is the soft luscious south wind which lulls them to lotus dreams.
Noble discontent is the path to heaven.
We say: mad with joy. We should say: wise with grief.
I think these difficult times have helped me to understand better than before how infinitely rich and beautiful life is in every way that so many things that one goes around worrying about are of no i...
You'll never find a better sparring partner than adversity.
If you do things well do them better. Be daring be first be different be just.
No untroubled day has ever dawned for me.