#adversity

From the mud of adversity grows the lotus of joy ↗

— Carolyn Marsden

#hope #inspirational #joy #inspirational

Don't make a permanent solution to a temporary situation. ↗

— Unknown

#inspirational #suicide #truth #inspirational

Through the trials and tribulations of life come the openness to receive greatness. ↗

— Michelle Cruz-Rosado

#opportunity #overcoming-adversity #inspirational

However mean your life is, meet it and live it. ↗

— Henry David Thoreau

#hard-times #inspiration #life #inspirational

There had been times when he knew, somewhere in him, that he would get used to it, whatever it was, because he had learnt that some hard things became softer after a very little while. ↗

— Nick Hornby

#depression #hard-times #inspirational #life #inspirational

Given the ease with which health infuses life with meaning and purpose, it is shocking how swiftly illness steals away those certainties…Time unused and only endured still vanishes, as if time itself is starving, and each day is swallowed whole, leaving no crumbs, no memory, no trace at all. ↗

— Elisabeth Tova Bailey

#illness #inspirational #life #life-changing #meaning

Hardships make or break people. ↗

— Margaret Mitchell

#courage #life #perseverance #courage

Learning is an ornament in prosperity, a refuge in adversity, and a provision in old age. ↗

— Aristotle

#education #learning #old-age #prosperity #age

Something called 'the Oklahoma Standard' became known throughout the world. It means resilience in the face of adversity. It means a strength and compassion that will not be defeated. ↗

— Brad Henry

#became #called #compassion #defeated #face

I am thankful when I am hungry because then I know that when I eat, the food will taste better. Life has taught me that my true contentment rests in hope, and the pleasure itself is secondary. It is self-awareness, not happiness, that maintains peace. ↗

— Criss Jami

#content #contentment #eating #enjoyment #faith