Quotes About Adversity

It is not manly to turn one's back on fortune.

A leader must face danger. He must take the risk and the blame, and the brunt of the storm.

An individual dies ... when, instead of taking risks and hurling himself toward being, he cowers within, and takes refuge there.

It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.

I am willing to put myself through anything; temporary pain or discomfort means nothing to me as long as I can see that the experience will take me to a new level. I am interested in the unknown, and the only path to the unknown is through breaking barriers, an often painful process.

Those lose least who have least to lose.

Providence has hidden a charm in difficult undertakings, which is appreciated only by those who dare to grapple with them.

It is the risk element which ensures security. Risk brings out the ingenuity and resourcefulness which ensure success.

No one would have crossed the ocean if he could have gotten off the ship in the storm.

In danger there is great power.

To avoid an occasion for our virtues is a worse degree of failure than to push forward pluckily and make a fall.

Every noble crown is, and on Earth will forever be, a crown of thorns.

I never was ruined but twice - once when I lost a lawsuit, and once when I gained one.

My downfall raises me to infinite heights.

Failure is a school in which the truth always grows strong.

Without danger we cannot get beyond danger.... Each one of us requires the spur of insecurity to force us to do our best.

Be like the bird that, passing on her flight awhile on boughs too slight, feels them give way beneath her, and yet sings, knowing that she hath wings.

No man is defeated without until he has first been defeated within.

It isn't important to come out on top, what matters is to be the one who comes out alive.

Accept your defeats With your head up and your eyes open With the grace of woman, not the grief of a child ...

A man's doubts and fears are his worst enemies.

Suffering isn't ennobling, recovery is.

You can overcome anything if you don't bellyache.

When any fit of gloominess, or perversion of mind, lays hold upon you, make it a rule not to publish it by complaints.