Motivational Sayings about Adversity
Here are my favourite 21 quotes or sayings about Adversity be sure to comment at the end with your favourite:
For we are naturally disposed to admire more than anything else the man who shows fortitude in adversity. Seneca
Misfortune is virtue’s opportunity. Seneca
Constant misfortune brings this one blessing: to whom it always assails, it eventually fortifies. Seneca
I judge you unfortunate because you have never lived through misfortune. You have passed through life without an opponent— no one can ever know what you are capable of, not even you. Seneca
No man is more unhappy than he who never faces adversity. For he is not permitted to prove himself. Seneca
To bear trials with a calm mind robs misfortune of its strength and burden. Seneca
Just as nature takes every obstacle, every impediment, and works around it—turns it to its purposes, incorporates it into itself—so, too, a rational being can turn each setback into raw material and use it to achieve its goal. Marcus Aurelius
The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way. Marcus Aurelius
A blazing fire makes flame and brightness out of everything that is thrown into it. Marcus Aurelius
If you are pained by any external thing, it is not this thing that disturbs you, but your own judgment about it. And it is in your power to wipe out this judgment now. Marcus Aurelius
It’s unfortunate that this has happened. No. It’s fortunate that this has happened and I’ve remained unharmed by it—not shattered by the present or frightened of the future. It could have happened to anyone. But not everyone could have….
Ask, ‘Why is this so unbearable? Why can’t I endure it?’ You’ll be embarrassed to answer. Marcus Aurelius
To be like the rock that the waves keep crashing over. It stands unmoved and the raging of the sea falls still around it. Marcus Aurelius
Don’t hope that events will turn out the way you want, welcome events in whichever way they happen: this is the path to peace. Epictetus
People are not disturbed by things, but by the views they take of them. Epictetus
“The true man is revealed in difficult times. So when trouble comes, think of yourself as a wrestler whom God, like a trainer, has paired with a tough young buck. For what purpose? To turn you into Olympic-class material.” Epictetus
“What would have become of Hercules, do you think, if there had been no lion, hydra, stag or boar – and no savage criminals to rid the world of? What would he have done in the absence of such challenges? Obviously he would have just rolled over in bed and gone back to sleep. So by snoring his life away in luxury and comfort he never would have developed into the mighty Hercules.” Epictetus
“Every difficulty in life presents us with an opportunity to turn inward and to invoke our own inner resources. The trails we endure can and should introduce us to our strengths. Prudent people look beyond the incident itself and seek to form the habit of putting it to good use. On the occasion of an accidental event, don’t just react in a haphazard fashion: remember to turn inward and ask what resources you have for dealing with it. Dig deeply. You possess strengths you might not realize you have. Find the right one. Use it.” Epictetus
On the occasion of every accident (event) that befalls you, remember to turn to yourself and inquire what power you have for turning it to use… If it be abusive words, you will find it to be patience. And if you have been thus formed to the (proper) habit, the appearances will not carry you along with them.- Epictetus, Enchiridion
A setback has often cleared the way for greater prosperity. Many things have fallen only to rise to more exalted heights.- Seneca
Just as nature takes every obstacle, every impediment, and works around it — turns it to its purposes, incorporates it into itself — so, too, a rational being can turn each setback into raw material and use it to achieve its goal.- Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
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