Quotes About Adversity

Barely able to propel himself forward, Scarface fights to stabilize himself

It's hard to determine, at the start, what you will be able to bear for a lifetime.

It's the circumstances that create fear. How you respond is all you can control. Concentrate on that, and you'll always succeed.

And what of failure?" He shrugged."The consequence of not succeesing.Remember what Homer said.Circumstances rule men,not men circumstances.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

Nem?žeme pták?m žalu zabránit, aby nám prolétli životem, ale nemusíme jim dovolit, aby se nám uhnízdili ve vlasech!

Someone has said that the difference between a successful person and a failure is that the successful person got up the last time he or she was knocked down. That

Losing is not the same as being defeated.

there is an old adage: If the guerillas do not lose, they ultimately win. . . .

A rhyme invented by Russian conscripts went: Afghanistan A wonderland Just drop into a store And you'll be seen no more13

Their life together was filled with bright mornings and starlit nights that consistently outshone the darker times between. Even those hard days were times of learning when their differences became gifts from one to the other.

The situations that frighten us and overwhelm us are actually scenarios from the Lord designed to test our faith and strengthen our faith.

He is the God who uses adversity to train and prepare us for good works, not only in this life, but in eternity as well.

Opportunity knocks at the strangest times, It's not the time that matters But how you answer the door.

I felt like hell the next morning. My hands were sore, my arms were sore, my legs were sore, and my back was sore. Aside from that I was fine.

Failure is a great teacher, and I think when you make mistakes and you recover from them and you treat them as valuable learning experiences, then you've got something to share.

My father told me never to take my foot off a ladder to kick at someone who was kicking at me. When I did that, I would no longer be climbing. While they are kicking, my father told me, I should keep stepping. They can kick only one time. If I continued to climb, they would be left behind. In trying to hurt me, to impede my progress, they would get left behind because they allowed themselves to get sidetracked from their agenda.

There's no way you're going to make it out of this world without spending some time down in the valley or in a dark place. But this isn't the time to give up. This is the time to understand that God is trying to lead you to your purpose and to your gift. Use adversity to your advantage. Don't let it stop you.

Life is going to get bad sometimes. You'll make poor choices. You'll fail. You'll lose hope and maybe want to give up. If you jump, and trust that He will be there to help you soar, there is nothing you cannot achieve.

Failure is but the longer road to triumph.

but it could have gone worse." "Indeed," her father replied. "At least none of us were eaten.

Sometimes life is going to hit you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith.

Sometimes life's going to hit you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith.

I'm the only person I know that's lost a quarter of a billion dollars in one year.... It's very character-building.