Quotes About Adversity

Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man; but for one man who can stand prosperity, there are a hundred that will stand adversity.

You can't choose the ways in which you'll be tested.

The only way around is through.

Those who say that I will lose and am finished will have to run over my body to beat me.

No one knows what to say in the loser's locker room.

There are always difficulties arising that tempt you to believe your critics are right.

When backed up against a wall, dig deep, demand excellence, stand tall, and be strong.

The person who can dominate during rough times is the person who can dominate, period.

It is very rare or almost impossible that an event can be negative from all points of view.

If you want to make life easy, make it hard.

Adversity often produces an unexpected opportunity. Look for it ! Appreciate and utilize it! This is difficult to do if you're feeling sorry for yourself because you're faced with adversity.

Do you have the belief in you to move on, even when the whole world is against you, with swords in their hands?

In a day, when you don't come across any problems - you can be sure that you are travelling in a wrong path

Our goal is not to ignore the problems of life, but to put ourselves in better mental and emotional states where we can not only come up with solutions, but act upon them.

If we don't see a failure as a challenge to modify our approach, but rather as a problem with ourselves, as a personality defect, we will immediately feel overwhelmed.

I've never been afraid to fail.

To be a star, you must walk your own path, shine your own light and not be afraid of the darkness, that's when a star shines the brightest.

Times of calamity and distress have always been producers of the greatest men. The hardest steel is produced from the hottest fire; the brightest star shreds the darkest night.

I played seven years without ever hitting the ball.

A man without mirth is like wagon without springs, in which one is caused disagreeably to jolt by every pebble over which it turns.

Defeat isn't bitter if you don't swallow it.

Anyone who attempts to build great things will face challenges.

Possibilitizing is overcoming while you're undergoing.

Undertake something that is difficult; it will do you good. Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow.