Severe Adversity Quotes & Sayings

No one can read the books of Moses with any care without understanding that law can be a means of grace. Certainly this law is of one spirit with the Son of Man who says, "I was hungry and you fed me. I was naked and you clothed me." This kind of worldliness entails the conferring of material benefit over and above mere equity. It means a recognition of and respect for both the intimacy of God's compassion and the very tangible forms in which it finds expression. — Marilynne Robinson

Let us keep to Christ, and cling to Him, and hang on Him, so that no power can remove us. — Martin Luther

Adversity is a severe instructor, set over us by one who knows us better than we do ourselves. — Edmund Burke

Fear, conformity, immorality: these are heavy burdens. They drain us of creative energy. And when we are drained of creative energy, we do not create. We procreate, but we do not create. — David McCallum

Adversity has the same effect on a man that severe training has on the pugilist: it reduces him to his fighting weight. — Josh Billings

It did not occur to me to call a doctor, because I knew none, and although it did occur to me to call the desk and ask that the air conditioner be turned off, I never called, because I did not know how much to tip whoever might come - was anyone ever so young? — Joan Didion

Every championship, by definition, is historic. — George Vecsey

Even in adversity, nobility shines through, when a man endures repeated and severe misfortune with patience, not owing to insensibility but from generosity and greatness of soul. — Aristotle.

The strong version of the adversity hypothesis might be true, but only if we add caveats: For adversity to be maximally beneficial, it should happen at the right time (young adulthood), to the right people (those with the social and psychological resources to rise to challenges and find benefits), and to the right degree (not so severe as to cause PTSD). — Jonathan Haidt

It is easy to pity when once one's vanity has been tickled. — Willa Cather

Adversity, which makes us indulgent to others, renders them severe towards us. — Jean Antoine Petit-Senn

Chances are no matter how bad your troubles seem to be, someone somewhere, with less resilience, has successfully conquered a more severe version of your problems. — Gary Hopkins

I don't do all that well in the writerly world. I'm happier being outside the flow. — Nicholson Baker

I think Obama is right when he talks about the rule of law as a cornerstone of what the United States should stand for. That can encompass our elected officials' adherence to law and our country's return to the Geneva Conventions. — Samantha Power

There are many kinds of adult adversities that can provoke severe psychological distress, including debt and unemployment, dysfunctional marital relationships and occupational stress. The reality is that the social causes of mental ill-health are all around us. — Richard Bentall