Quotes About Adversity

There's only one thing people love more than their heroes, and that's stomping them into the ground.

Whatever terrible things may have happened to you, only one thing allows them to damage your core self, and that is continued belief in them.

I think the kids in school that laughed at the clothes that we wore and the house that we lived in, and then my mother had to cut hair... I think that was a good motivator. Every time they laughed at me, they just built a fire, and there was only one way to put it out - to try and show 'em I was as good as they were.

I've been through a lot off the field. I think that kind of translates onto the field. Football serves for a lot of life lessons, and so it allows me to stay humble and continue to work.

Show business is like a bumpy bus ride. Sometimes you find yourself temporarily juggled out of your seat and holding onto a strap. But the main idea is to hang in there and not be shoved out the door.

I sort of latch onto roles that have something to fight against.

The Christians had a better chance against the lions than the American consumer has against the OPEC cartel.

Having challenges in your life open doors for you.

Fighting is just something that's gonna open doors for things to come in the future.

Having life taken away from you for a little while forces you to be more open-minded and to go live.

Trixie Mattel has always opened doors for me. It's closed very few.

It felt like the world had ended when I was fired, but it actually opened the door for my next opportunity.

My parents raised me to believe that when one door slams in your face, turn around because there's probably another door opening up somewhere.

I'm proud of who I am. I'm proud of my history. I'm proud of the women and the men who came before us who are black, and I'm proud of the women before me who are black and who have achieved so much, even though we have so much against us, and we don't have those doors opening for us every day.

Any beginning is difficult, but when you're opening the newspaper every day, and it's all about how bad you are, sometimes even you begin to believe that.

As cliche as it sounds, when one door closes, another one opens. Whenever I've gotten bad news about something, within a week or two there's another opportunity that brings new hope or keeps me motivated.

If god closes one door, he opens 10 other doors. I believe Im alive today to achieve something. Set the goal and work relentlessly without fear.

FCA is a culture of leaders and employees that were born out of adversity and who operate without sheet music.

One of the real core competencies of Blackwater, or companies like Blackwater, is we can operate in difficult places without any outside support.

I am an African American public official operating in an environment dominated by Caucasians. That is not too dissimilar from what I had to do in Mississippi to get elected and stay elected. I try to show them we are all in this together.

It was very difficult in 2007. I was out for a long time after an ankle operation in Antwerp, then when I returned, I was not at my best, of course.

I've had an operation on my jaw - I don't have the big jaw anymore - and I've also had an operation on my eyes.

I fought back, got injured again and I had to have another operation. I got down and depressed and I think I was drinking more than I should. Well, I know I was.

I am doing better now though one of my legs is shorter than the other due to the operations.