Inspirational Quotations

Inspirational Quotations on Silver Linings

Sometimes the best deals are the ones you don’t make.
Bill Veeck (1914–86) American Sportsperson, Businessperson

If you count all your assets, you always show a profit.
Robert Quillen (1887–1948) American Journalist, Humorist

Let me embrace thee, sour adversity, for wise men say it is the wisest course.
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) British Playwright

A Christian could even give thanks for Hell, because Hell was a threat and a warning to keep him in the right way.
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Trouble is only opportunity in work clothes.
Henry J. Kaiser (1882–1967) American Industrialist

Some troubles, like a protested note of a solvent debtor, bear interest.
Honore de Balzac (1799–1850) French Novelist

To every disadvantage there is a corresponding advantage.
W. Clement Stone (1902–2002) American Self-help Guru, Entrepreneur

No evil is without its compensation. The less money, the less trouble; the less favor, the less envy. Even in those cases which put us out of wits, it is not the loss itself, but the estimate of the loss that troubles us.
Seneca the Younger (Lucius Annaeus Seneca) (c.4 BCE–65 CE) Roman Stoic Philosopher, Statesman, Tragedian

Failure changes for the better, success for the worse.
Seneca the Younger (Lucius Annaeus Seneca) (c.4 BCE–65 CE) Roman Stoic Philosopher, Statesman, Tragedian

Too happy would you be, did ye but know your own advantages.
Virgil (70–19 BCE) Roman Poet

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish Poet, Playwright

That which does not kill me makes me stronger.
Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German Philosopher, Scholar, Writer

Adversity has the same effect on a man that severe training has on the pugilist: it reduces him to his fighting weight.
Josh Billings (Henry Wheeler Shaw) (1818–85) American Humorist, Author, Lecturer

If we go down into ourselves, we find that we possess exactly what we desire.
Simone Weil (1909–1943) French Philosopher, Political Activist

Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses, and disappointments; but let us have patience, and we soon shall see them in their proper figures.
Joseph Addison (1672–1719) English Essayist, Poet, Playwright, Politician

Not being beautiful was the true blessing… Not being beautiful forced me to develop my inner resources. The pretty girl has a handicap to overcome.
Golda Meir (1898–1978) Israeli Head of State

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