Inspirational Quotations on Adversity

  • It is better to drink of deep griefs than to taste shallow pleasures.
    Author: William Hazlitt
    From Issue 326
  • Adversity has the same effect on a man that severe training has on the pugilist: it reduces him to his fighting weight.
    Author: Josh Billings
    From Issue 329
  • Every experience, however bitter, has its lesson, and to focus one's attention on the lesson helps one overcome the bitterness.
    From Issue 333
  • The turning point in the process of growing up is when you discover the core strength within you that survives all hurt.
    Author: Max Lerner
    From Issue 336

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