Jim's Favorite Famous Quote, Quip, Axiom, and Maxim Repository
Category: Adversity.

The repository contains 71 quotes in the category “Adversity.”
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I’m not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.

Helen Keller
1880 — 1968

Tough times never last, but tough people do.

Unknown

All daring and courage, all iron endurance of misfortune make for a finer and nobler type of manhood.

President Theodore Roosevelt
1858 — 1919

When fate hands us a lemon, let’s try to make lemonade.

Andrew Carnegie
1835 — 1919

That which does not kill you makes you stronger.

Victor Frankl
1905 — 1997

No problem is too big to run away from.

Charles M. Schulz
1922 — 2000

A successful man is one who can build a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at him.

David Brinkley
1920 — 2003

When you are falling from a mountain, you may as well attempt to fly.

“Babylon 5”

The soul would have no rainbow had the eyes no tears.

John Vance Cheney
1848 — 1922

Obstacles are things a person sees when he takes his eyes off his goal.

E. Joseph Cossman
1918 — 2002

Success in life comes not from having the right cards, but from playing bad ones properly.

Joshua Dool

Good timber does not grow with ease; the stronger the wind, the stronger the trees.

J. Marriott
1900 — 1985

Keep your head up and you may not have to keep it down.

Joe McCarthy
1887 — 1978

One small breeze doesn’t make a wind storm.

John McGraw
1873 — 1934

If you want the rainbow, you have to put up with the rain.

Dolly Parton
1946 —     

Some mornings it’s just not worth chewing through the leather straps.

Emo Phillips

A woman is like a tea bag: She does not know how strong she is until she is in hot water.

Nancy Reagan
1921 —     

When a true genius appears in the world you may know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in confederacy against him.

Jonathan Swift
1667 — 1745

When a train goes through a tunnel and it gets dark, you don’t throw away the ticket and jump off. You sit still and trust the engineer.

Corrie Ten Boom
1892 — 1983

You don’t know what pressure is until you play for five bucks with only two in your pocket.

Lee Trevino
1939 —     

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