Quotes About Adversity

Love iz like the meazles; we kant have it bad but onst, and the later in life we have it the tuffer it goes with us.

I covered my face because they had taken my wisdom teeth out.

And sometimes the only way out is down.

Precision of thought comes from a tranquil mindset. A presenter can have a competitive edge if they are unmoved by the jabs and provocations that are directed at them"

Reframe obstacles into challenges and the stress will dissolve completely. For instance, an embarrassing moment at work can seem funny when put in a long-term frame. When we change the frame we change the meaning. Was it a waste of time or was it a valuable lesson? Did you lose it all or did you get a fresh start? Reframing is one of the most powerful tools you can implement to change your state of mind."

The environment you are put in will not prevent a focused person from being successful.

You're kind of a smart ass when you're not flat on your face.

You know, this won't be an easy thing, Adrien." An officer-involved shooting was not going to be fun, righteous or not. "The investigation you mean?" "No." He gave me that crooked smile. "No, I don't mean that.

I couldn't do this on my own. And like D.H. Lawrence said, We've got to live, no matter how many skies have fallen.

My instinct is always to seek out challenges as opposed to avoiding them.

If I want to be the best, I have to take risks others would avoid, always optimizing the learning potential of the moment and turning adversity to my advantage.

Once we learn how to use adversity to our advantage, we can manufacture the helpful growth opportunity without actual danger or injury. I call this tool the internal solution—we can notice external events that trigger helpful growth or performance opportunities, and then internalize the effects of those events without their actually happening. In this way, adversity becomes a tremendous source of creative inspiration.

the pattern of error begetting error becomes true and deadly.

Conditions might not be calm or reasonable. It may feel as though the whole world is stacked against us. This is when we have to perform better than we ever conceived of performing. I believe the key is to have prepared in a manner that allows for inspiration, to have laid the foundation for us to create under the wildest pressures we ever imagined. It

Of course there were plateaus, periods when my results leveled off while I internalized the information necessary for my next growth spurt

Over the years, I've gotten better and better at returning from mental and physical exhaustion…The fighter who can recover in the thirty seconds between rounds…will have a huge advantage over the guy who is still huffing and puffing, mentally or physically, from the last battle.

When aiming for the top, your path requires an engaged, searching mind. You have to make obstacles spur you to creative new angles in the learning process. Let setbacks deepen your resolve. You should always come off an injury or a loss better than when you went down.

Growth comes at the point of resistance.

In the long run, painful losses may prove much more valuable than wins. Those who are armed with a healthy attitude, and are able to draw wisdom from every experience, good or bad, are the ones who make it down the road. They are also the ones who are happier along the way.

Painful losses may prove much more valuable than wins

Growth comes at the point of resistance. We learn by pushing ourselves and finding what really lies at the outer reaches of our abilities.

The fact of the matter is that there will be nothing learned from any challenge in which we don't try our hardest. Growth comes at the point of resistance. We learn by pushing ourselves and finding what really lies at the outer reaches of our abilities. *

He landed on cheap shot, but I knocked him out of the tournament.

To walk a thorny road, we may cover its every inch with leather or we can make sandals. Anger.