Quotes About Adversity

I'm proud of my curves, my daughter, as well as the harsh past that helped shape me into the strong woman I am today.

I like to go out there looking like a strong woman, because I am strong. But I am also a woman who goes through all kinds of problems and highs and lows.

I think it's important to be that strong woman and to follow your passions regardless of what your situation is.

My mother is a very strong woman. We were seven kids; five of them passed away. My elder brother and I are alive. My mother lost five kids, her husband, her parents and siblings. But she is so strong, she is living for the people who are alive.

My father left... but I tell my mom - and I told my mom this when I was a kid - I said, 'You know what, Mom? Good thing he left because you're a strong woman.'

It's hard to keep moving forward, keep working, and keep your head up, but that's what strong women do. Especially being a mom, I can't fall apart.

I think my mom is kind of this way, too. We're just such strong women. My mom's been through so much, so I think that's where I got it from.

If there's a common denominator in all of the parts I've played, they are all strong women in tough situations.

I grew up with strong women around me. My grandmother came to this country not able to speak the language, on her own with seven kids. And she got through it.

I want people to use my story to stand up, be strong-willed and persevere.

As Jamaicans, we're very resilient and strong-willed people.

We rise to challenges, we will meet them, we're well prepared for them, we'll get through them and we'll emerge on the other side stronger.

There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast.

Everything you can learn from is an opportunity to become stronger.

The more I'm persecuted, the stronger I get.

Sometimes when you get disappointment it makes you stronger.

The greater the burden a man takes upon his shoulders, the stronger he must be to carry it. No words are unmentionable, no action or horror beyond powers of description, if one is equal to them.

I have learned that a bitter experience can make you stronger. I now boastfully say that I have a hide like a rhinoceros... and I'm smiling. It's an interesting thing.

Failure's not a bad thing. It builds character. It makes you stronger.

Overcoming adversity not only makes you stronger, it makes you more hopeful.

I had a certain level of patience, but sometimes weathering the storm is a patient process. Every storm don't pass fast. Every storm, it can be passing, but it can be getting stronger and stronger or it could be coming down hard.

Injuries make you stronger.

Any injury I have had, I have come back stronger.

The American people are so much stronger, so much more resolved than any enemy can fully understand.