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Quotes About Adversity

If you have men who will only come if they know there is a good road, I don't want them. I want men who will come if there is no road at all.
~ David Livingstone
Everybody comes to a point in their life when they want to quit. But it's what you do at that moment that determines who you are.
~ David Goggins
There's a lot that's happened in my life that maybe I didn't want to happen, but I suppose it's led me to exactly where I am now.
~ Matthew Healy
Obviously I am not happy but they can throw what they want at me, I will come back stronger.
~ Lewis Hamilton
I love pitting people against each other. My whole life is based on that. It brings out the best in people and the worst in people. If the worst comes out, you don't want them working for you.
~ Donald Trump
Character isn't developed when we get what we want. Character is developed when we don't get what we want.
~ Joyce Meyer
When satan wants you to cry and you laugh, you defeat him
~ T. B. Joshua
If your life were a book, and you were the author, how would you want your story to go?
~ Amy Purdy
When you have a tough loss, go through it and agonize. I had one loss that I still want to change, but at the same time I realize it is an important part of who I am.
~ Andrew Shue
Please pray & wish me well (in hearing session). All I want is to clear my name and return to the badminton.
~ Lee Chong Wei
I try to have reasonably happy endings because I would hate any child to be cast down in gloom and despair; I want to show them you can find a way out of it.
~ Jacqueline Wilson
If I turned around every time somebody called me a faggot, I'd be walking backward - and I don't want to walk backward.
~ Harvey Milk
Everyone wants to learn how to win, but no one wants to learn how to accept defeat.
~ Bruce Lee
Turn your nightmares into your dreams , some dreams don't turn out the way you want them to , then wake up and turn and turn it around in your favour.
~ Salman Khan
You have haters from all walks of life. I could care less who wants me to fail. They inspire me.
~ Stephen A. Smith
The best thing that happens to us is when a great company gets into temporary trouble...We want to buy them when they're on the operating table.
~ Warren Buffett
I liked his ability to deal with a lot of the negativity that surrounded him. Even though he was in a world that he didn't want to be in, he still saw the bigger picture.
~ Dwayne Johnson
People are always telling me that change is good. But all that means is that something you didn't want to happen has happened.
~ Meg Ryan
A positive attitude may not solve all our problems but that is the only option we have if we want to get out of problems.
~ Subodh Gupta
If someone really wants to hurt you, they'll find a way whatever. I don't want to live my life worrying about it.
~ George Michael
You have to accept the storms and the rainy days and the things in life that you sometimes don't want to face.
~ Bai Ling
Push me past my limit all you want. It's territory I know well.
~ Ben Greenhalgh
Walk through the mud in life, if you ever want to get to the higher ground"
~ Greg Plitt
I guess my life hasn't always been happy, or easy, or exactly what I want. At a certain point, I just have to try not to think too much about certain things, or else they'll break my heart.
~ Jonathan Franzen