William Cowper Quotes

Prosperity has no power over adversity.

In adversity be spirited and firm, and with equal prudence lessen your sail when filled with a too fortunate gale of prosperity.

Obstacles cannot bend me. Every obstacle yields to effort.

Prosperity tries the fortunate, adversity the great.

To the stars through thorns.

You can all get what you want to get, and so my journey was to show you how many times along the way adversity has stared me right in the face, and I've looked it right back and said, 'No.'

As for difficulties," replied Ferguson, in a serious tone, "they were made to be overcome.

It won't be easy, that is why I have always failed where others have succeeded.

Great difficulties may be surmounted by patience and perseverance.

Rome was not built in a day Opposition will come your way But the harder the battle you see It's the sweeter the victory

If you quit every time things don't go your way, then you'll be quitting all through your life.

Every work has got to pass through hundreds of difficulties before succeeding. Those that persevere will see the light, sooner or later.

He whom prosperity humbles, and adversity strengthens, is the true hero.

He who endeavors to serve, to benefit, and improve the world, is like a swimmer, who struggles against a rapid current, in a river lashed into angry waves by the winds. Often they roar over his head, often they beat him back and baffle him. Most men yield to the stress of the current... Only here and there the stout, strong heart and vigorous arms struggle on toward ultimate success.

Does what's happened keep you from acting with justice, generosity, self-control, sanity, prudence, honesty, humility, straightforward ness, and all other qualities that allow a person's nature to fulfill itself? So remember this principle when something threatens to cause you pain: the thing itself was no misfortune at all; to endure it and prevail is great good fortune.

All worthwhile journeys have big obstacles. It's the way of the world. The rewards go to those who can push through those trying moments and still manage to keep a smile on their face.

I've got a feeling that if it's so easy for you - the struggle and the initiative are not as strong as they are for a person who has to struggle and therefore has more to say.

Anyone who proposes to do good must not expect people to roll stones out of his way, but must accept his lot calmly if they even roll a few more on it. A strength which becomes clearer and stronger through experiences of such obstacles is the only strength that can conquer them. Resistance is only a waste of strength.

When the path becomes difficult, that's no reason to give up. In fact, it means you're making real progress.

Life is not so much what you accomplish as what you overcome.

Great success is built on failure, frustration, even catastrophe.

From Christ on down to Edison, the men who have achieved most have been those who met with the most stubborn forms of temporary defeat. This would seem to justify the conclusion that Infinite Intelligence has a plan, or a law, by which it hurdles men over many obstacles before giving them the privilege of leadership or the opportunity to render useful service in a noteworthy fashion.

Everyone is going to face challenges. What defines you is how you overcome those.

Hardships and handicaps can...stimulate our energy to survive them. You'll find if you study the lives of people who've accomplished things, it's often been done with the help of great willpower in overcoming this and that.

Anything worth achieving will always have obstacles in the way