Quotes About Adversity

Being joyful is about staying positive when everything else seems to fail.

One can choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances.

Two men look out the same prison bars; one sees mud and the other stars.

What is madness but nobility of soul at odds with circumstance?

Don't whine. Find the positive in difficult situations.

You see, you learn from all your bad experiences, so they're really positive. It's all part of the cosmic knowing.

Adversity is the diamond dust Heaven polishes its jewels with.

Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; adversity not without many comforts and hopes.

The more you gripe about your problems, the more problems you have to gripe about!

A positive attitude is important, but it is only part of the story. Understanding how to surmount pain, doubt, and failure is a vital component in winning the game of life.

The trouble with most of us is that we stop trying in trying times.

Let your critics make you humble, and your enemies make you wise. Learn from every stumble but let nothing keep you down, for you were born to rise!

Every adversity, every failure, and every heartache, carries with it the Seed of an equivalent or greater Benefit.

The people will always attempt to find the positive aspects of all circumstances, which, in themselves, are not susceptible to danger.

I think what has happened to our basketball team, we've been badly distracted. They're not reading too many positive things in the paper.

You win only if you aren't afraid to lose.

A person with an outstanding attitude makes the best of it while he gets the worst of it.

He who can turn negative situations into something positive, has learned the law of transformation, his mind empowers life.

Every day, people say crappy things about my band or whatever, but I live a positive existence. I got through everything by virtue of having the same passion that I've had through the years.

I recognize that losing is a part of growth in this sport and it's a positive thing in the long run.

If you don't learn to laugh at troubles, you won't have anything to laugh at when you grow old.

Do not let the bitterness steal your sweetness.

Be positive, be positive. It's rough out there, but don't succumb. Don't succumb to the cynicism in the world.

'Why me?' rarely produces a positive result, while 'How can I use this?' usually leads us in the direction of turning our difficulties into a driving force to make ourselves and the world better.