Quotes About Adversity
The best quotes about adversity: famous words from history's greatest minds to inspire you, free to read, copy, and share.
That which does not kill us makes us stronger.
Friedrich Nietzsche
Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.
Kahlil Gibran
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena.
Theodore Roosevelt
The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.
Marcus Aurelius
The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for.
Fyodor Dostoevsky
I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.
Louisa May Alcott
Never to suffer would never to have been blessed.
Edgar Allan Poe
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What are the best quotes about Adversity?
This page collects the most famous quotes about adversity from history's greatest thinkers, writers, and leaders, including Friedrich Nietzsche, Kahlil Gibran, Theodore Roosevelt. Each quote is shown with its author.
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We only publish widely cited quotes with their commonly accepted attributions, and we deliberately leave out famous misattributions. Some quotes are shown in their standard English translations, for example lines from the Tao Te Ching or Meditations.
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