Adversity Quotes

Inspirational Thoughts for Overcoming Obstacles and Problems

Why use adversity quotes when overcoming obstacles and dealing with challenges? Inspirational thoughts are simply a powerful and smart way to gain needed perspective and insight to deal with whatever troubles you are facing in life. When working to overcoming adversity, use quotes to gain strength and guidance. One of my favorite mottos is: When the going gets tough, give me a quote.

Positive Quotes List:

The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trails. ~ Confucius

Never complain about your troubles; they are responsible for more than half of your income. ~ Robert R. Updegraff

Emergencies have always been necessary to progress. It was darkness which produced the lamp. It was fog that produced the compass. It was hunger that drove us to exploration. And it took a depression to teach us the real value of a job. ~ Victor Hugo

It is often hard to distinguish between the hard knocks in life and those of opportunity. ~ Frederick Phillips

The fiery trails through which we pass will light us down in honor or dishonor to the last generation. ~ Abraham Lincoln

Our trials are tests; our sorrows pave the way for a fuller life when we have earned it. ~ Jerome P. Fleishman

Adversity introduces a man to himself. ~ Unknown

I thank God for my handicaps for, through them, I have found myself, my work, and my God. ~ Helen Keller

Adversity leads us to think properly of our state, and so is most beneficial to us. ~ Samuel Johnson

In the depth of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer. ~ Albert Camus