Adversity Quotes

"But for a society built on exploitation, there is no greater threat than having no one left to oppress."

- N. K. Jemisin

"Struggling to decide what to do after graduation is, and always will be, a sort of rite of passage to the next phase of your life."

- Gloria Davidson

"We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they help us develop endurance. And endurance develops strength of character, and character strengthens our confident hope of salvation. And this hope will not lead to disappointment. For we know how dearly God loves us, because he has given us the Holy Spirit to fill our hearts with his love."

- Paul

"Some of the most unhappy artists, in the most difficult of situations, can create awe inspiring works of art."

- Eric Gibbons

"All the work you’ve done up until now has been to lead you to this precise moment, to face precisely what you’re facing."

- Baron Baptiste

""I do not understand the mystery of grace — only that it meets us where we are and does not leave us where it found us.""

- Anne Lamott

"God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscience, but shouts in our pains: it is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world."

- C.S. Lewis

"God never uses anyone greatly until he tests them deeply."

- A.W. Tozer

""So what is it in a human life that creates bravery, kindness, wisdom, and resilience? What if it’s pain? What if it’s the struggle?""

- Glennon Doyle Melton

"The loss of a friend is the greatest of losses."

- Publilius Syrus

"But fate ordains that dearest friends must part."

- Edward Young

""If there is no struggle, there is no progress.""

- Frederick Douglass

"If there is one common theme to the vast range of the world’s financial crises, it is that excessive debt accumulation, whether by the government, banks, corporations, or consumers, often poses greater systemic risks than it seems during a boom."

- Carmen Reinhart

""When death takes your mother, it steals that word forever.""

- Mitch Albom

""Grief is not a disorder, a disease or a sign of weakness. It is an emotional, physical and spiritual necessity, the price you pay for love. The only cure for grief is to grieve.""

- Earl Grollman

""Only time and tears take away grief; that is what they are for.""

- Terry Pratchett

""We bereaved are not alone. We belong to the largest company in all the world – the company of those who have known suffering.""

- Helen Keller

""I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil.""

- J.R.R. Tolkien

""So it’s true, when all is said and done, grief is the price we pay for love.""

- Earl Grollman

""If you have never been hated by your children you haven’t been a parent.""

- Bette Davis

""The thing about parenting rules is there aren’t any. That’s what makes it so difficult.""

- Ewan McGregor

"If we had no Winter, the Spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome."

- Charlotte Brontë

"When people divorce, it’s always such a tragedy. At the same time, if people stay together it can be even worse."

- Monica Bellucci

"The process of discovering with somebody that you love that you don’t work is so painful."

- Kate Hudson

"It was a long time in the making, my divorce. One day became less special than the [one before], and pretty soon we ceased all conversation. It is a sad day when you have nothing left to say."

- Ricki Lake

"The race is not always to the swift but to those who keep running, and guess who runs 24/7 without lunch breaks, paychecks, or whining?"

""What it means to lose you, no one will ever know.""

""It broke my heart to lose you, but you didn't go alone. Part of me went with you, wherever you may roam.""

""Remembering you is easy. I do it every day, but there is an ache within my heart that will never go away.""

""I did not see you close your eyes or hear your last sigh. I only heard that you were gone, too late to say goodbye.""