Top Adversity Quotes
Show me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I'll show you someone who has overcome adversity.
Lou Holtz
There is no better than adversity. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance the next time.
Malcolm X
By trying we can easily endure adversity. Another man's, I mean.
Mark Twain
The long, dull, monotonous years of middle-aged prosperity or middle-aged adversity are excellent campaigning weather for the devil.
C. S. Lewis
Individually and collectively, Cherokee people possess an extraordinary ability to face down adversity and continue moving forward.
Wilma Mankiller
Ulysses S. Grant 
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Show me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I'll show you someone who has overcome adversity.
Lou Holtz 
77% of people like this quote
There is no better than adversity. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance the next time.
Malcolm X
69% of people like this quote
By trying we can easily endure adversity. Another man's, I mean.
Mark Twain
64% of people like this quote
The long, dull, monotonous years of middle-aged prosperity or middle-aged adversity are excellent campaigning weather for the devil.
C. S. Lewis
63% of people like this quote
Individually and collectively, Cherokee people possess an extraordinary ability to face down adversity and continue moving forward.
Wilma Mankiller
63% of people like this quote
The friend in my adversity I shall always cherish most. I can better trust those who helped to relieve the gloom of my dark hours than those who are so ready to enjoy with me the sunshine of my prosperity.
Ulysses S. Grant
60% of people like this quote
Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed on an equal or greater benefit.
Napoleon Hill
59% of people like this quote
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
Abraham Lincoln
59% of people like this quote
Many who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy; many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable.
Tacitus
59% of people like this quote
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