Adversity Quotes, Sayings about adversity

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I know God will not give me anything I can’t handle. I just wish that He didn’t trust me so much.
- Mother Teresa

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We acquire the strength we have overcome.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Each difficult moment has the potential to open my eyes and open my heart.
- Myla Kabat

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In prosperity, our friends know us; in adversity, we know our friends.
- John Churton Collins

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A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.
- Chinese Proverb

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In prosperity, caution; in adversity, patience.
– Dutch Proverb

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Every path hath a puddle.
- George Herbert

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Turn your wounds into wisdom.
- Oprah Winfrey

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There is no education like adversity.
- Disraeli

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When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

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A bad grade is only one letter in the Essay of life.
- Lee Drake

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You can’t run away from trouble. There ain’t no place that far.
- Uncle Remus

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Depression loses its power when fresh vision pierces the darkness.
- Peter Sinclair

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If you want to forget all your other troubles, wear too tight shoes.
- Houghton

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If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn’t lead anywhere.
- Frank A. Clark

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It is always in the midst, in the epicenter, of your troubles that you find serenity.
- Antoine

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If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.
- Henry David Thoreau

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We shall draw from the heart of suffering itself the means of inspiration and survival.
- Winston Churchill

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Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit.
- Napoleon Hill

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You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.
- Walt Disney

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Every trial endured and weathered in the right spirit makes a soul nobler and stronger than it was before.
- James Buckham

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We turn to God for help when our foundations are shaking, only to learn that it is God who is shaking them.
- Charles C. West

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The problem is not that there are problems. The problem is expecting otherwise and thinking that having problems is a problem.
- Theodore Rubin

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Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance the next time.
- Og Mandino

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Adversity cause some men to break; others to break records.
- William A. Ward

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Remorse sleeps during a prosperous period but wakes up in adversity.
— Jean Jacques Rousseau

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Adversity does teach who your real friends are.
- Lois McMaster Bujold

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Bad is never good until worse happens.
- Danish Proverb