Quotes About Adversity

I think a hero is an ordinary individual who finds strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.

Every burden is a blessing.

Our ability to handle life's challenges is a measure of our strength of character.

Remember, the storm is a good opportunity for the pine and the cypress to show their strength and their stability.

He knows not his own strength that has not met adversity.

The scars in my face are the source of my strength.

Strength is born in the deep silence of long-suffering hearts; not amid joy.

I know now what this meant, that the bison were the gift of a good spirit and were our strength, but we should lose them, and from the same good spirit we must find another strength.

Disappointment builds character and strength.

I want to represent... to the kids to draw strength from me. So they can see that everybody goes through something, but you can rise up and do your best. Just try.

He knows not his own strength that hath not met adversity.

Strength is leading when you just don't want to lead.

My mother helped me to be who I am: to have strength and not to let people run all over me and yet to be humble; to realise that all of this that I have today could be gone.

Strength doesn't mean an absence of pain.

Even a side with great mental strength will have moments where they lose confidence.

Christopher believed that to overcome any adversity, no matter how challenging, you need to go forward each day with strength, determination and compassion.

God gave me such great abilities, and sometimes that's a strength and sometimes it's not a strength. It's just the way it is.

Conflict, when handled correctly, strengthens.

Joy and happiness don't strengthen relationships - difficulty does.

I'm not going to dwell on what someone has said if it doesn't affect my life. I think that attitude helps to strengthen my character.

After hurting myself like that, I could not go back immediately to racing. I was in no condition, mentally or physically. That helped me to strengthen myself to go through the hard times that were ahead with my business, and to be successful.

As you mature as a woman, you relate to songs differently. You've experienced more things. If I had a choice to have or have not had the tough stuff happen, well, I don't wish for that for anybody, to strengthen them or make them a better person.

We are resilient beings and need to realize our incredible strengths.

I have made my mistakes my strengths instead of looking at whose fault it is.