Adversity Quotes Quotes

Facing it, always facing it, that’s the way to get through. Face it.

~ Joseph Conrad

We are each warriors of our own times. When we step out of our protective shell, we each encounter forces much more powerful than we are. What we learn through testing ourselves on the combat zones of our eon becomes the textbook protocol for how we shall live out the remainder of our life. The glorious skirmishes and daunting conflicts that we encounter, and what we learn from vigorous engagements on the battlefield of time, inscribe the story of our lives. Spiritual leaders help guide us in our times of doubt and self-questioning. Recognizing the value of the mentorship of spiritual guides in their self-questing ventures, persons who endure immense adversity wish to reciprocate their love of humanity by sharing the scored story of their episodic journey through the corridors of time and relay the incisive truths they discovered to any other travelers with a willing ear.

~ Kilroy J. Oldster

Every challenge, every adversity, contains within it the seeds of opportunity and growth.

~ Roy Bennett

A diamond earns its sparkle from the pressure it endures.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Hope is holding on to the promises of God.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

It is in the storm, not the calm, that a rainbow is born.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Today's storms help you appreciate tomorrow’s sunshine.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Pressure is an artist, diamonds are its masterpiece.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Storms are rainbow’s inside out.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Rainbows can’t rise without storms.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

The world would have no rainbows if the sky had not storms.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

If the wind brushes against you, do not complain; it brushes against everyone.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

A star is not afraid of darkness, for its light comes from within.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

You were given the problems you have because you can solve them; the burdens, because you can carry them; the trials, because you can overcome them; the opponents, because you can beat them; and the enemies, because you can conquer them.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

The uglier the storm the lovelier the rainbow.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

A diamond only truly appreciates pressure the day it begins to shine.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

If stars avoided the dark, they would not be visible at night.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

The ocean is never afraid of wind rising against it, it creates beautiful waves instead.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Rainbows earn their brightest colors in the storm.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Use fear to become braver, pain to become stronger, trials to become wiser, and misfortune to become better.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

When the storm runs out of breath, a rainbow is born.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Stars do not hide from darkness. Roses do not hide from thorns. Diamonds do not hide from pressure.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

The darkest storms color the brightest rainbows.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Learn from the ocean; not fearing turbulence, it uses the wind against it to rise instead.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

In order for a seed to rise, it must be buried in dirt; likewise, in order for the great to rise they must be buried in adversity.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

If the sky never grew dark, we would not be able to clearly see the stars.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

A leaf has no power to resist when the wind blows, but when life’s storms rage, you do.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Be the calm in someone else’s storm.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

The storm is the optimist’s friend, but the pessimist’s nightmare.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

A day in a storm strengthens you more than a thousand in sunshine.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

It is in vain to hide a fruitful seed in fertile soil.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

I thank God every day for this life, and I want there to be more, though that’s not known. What is known is that I’m alive today, this minute. And that’s pretty much what we all have – this day, this moment.

~ Edie Littlefield Sundby

We all die. Not all of us live.

~ Edie Littlefield Sundby

A long walk is a slow remembering of how profound and wonderful life is, God is everywhere and in everything. Wherever I look I am looking at God.

~ Edie Littlefield Sundby

I am fighting to stay alive not because I fear death, but because I love life.

~ Edie Littlefield Sundby

I started to walk the day I was told I was dying of cancer. I believe walking has kept me alive. I live with a constant, pressing awareness of death. Once I start to walk, I am not afraid anymore; all is well.

~ Edie Littlefield Sundby

I came to realize we are held in the arms of God and are utterly completely safe - in life and in death, whether walking alone or with others.

~ Edie Littlefield Sundby

I walk to rid myself of the terror of cancer, and to overcome the fear of it coming back. The fear may never completely fade, but actively engaging life – whatever that may involve – reminds me of the joy each day can bring.

~ Edie Littlefield Sundby

I love to walk. Walking is a spiritual journey and a reflection of living. Each of us must determine which path to take and how far to walk; we must find our own way, what is right for one may not be for another. There is no single right way to deal with late stage cancer, to live life or approach death, or to walk an old mission trail.

~ Edie Littlefield Sundby

The day hope shall die, perplexity shall kill so many people. In so far as hope is alive, keep hoping!

~ Ernest Agyemang Yeboah