Quotes About Adversity

Some of the greatest masterpieces of art are created against the odds of reality.from the book: stuff i think about

It isn't what happens to us that causes us to suffer; it's what we say to ourselves about what happens.

You can't always control the circumstances - only how you react to those circumstances; you can always control your attitude and your effort.

Some people have a negative attitude, and that's their disability.

The right attitude can transform a barrier into a blessing, an obstacle into an opportunity or a stumbling block into a stepping stone.

Things will go wrong at times. You can't always control your attitude, approach, and response. You options are to complain or to look ahead and figure out how to make the situation better

Do you know why that cow looks over that wall? She looks over the wall because she cannot see through it, and that is what you must do with your troubles... Look over and above them.

Every great man, every successful man, no matter what the field of endeavor, has known the magic that lies in these words: every adversity has the seed of an equivalent or greater benefit.

The one thing you can't take away from me is the way I choose to respond to what you do to me. The last of one's freedoms is to choose ones attitude in any given circumstance.

Your attitude towards problems, difficulties, and adversities is the most important factor in overcoming them.

Resilience is not what happens to you. It's how you react to, respond to, and recover from what happens to you.

A test of a Christian's character is what he does after he comes to the blockade in the road and what his attitude is after everything has left him except Jesus.

For every difficulty that supposedly stops a person from succeeding there are thousands who have had it a lot worse and have succeeded anyway. So can you.

Even-minded and cheerful. When things go bad, you'll find that the same kind of attitude comes to you naturally.

Remember to preserve a calm soul amid difficulties.

The big question isn't whether you have problems; the all-important factor is your attitude toward problems. How you think of the problem is more important than the problem itself.

View the events you consider obstacles as perfect opportunities to test your resolve and find your purpose.

The problem is not the problem. The problem is your attitude about the problem. Got that? -Coach Brevin

Frame every so-called disaster with these words: In five years, will this matter?

When we are flat on our backs there is no way to look but up.

I may have absolutely no control over what happens to us, but we can control how we respond. If we choose the right attitude, we can rise above whatever challenges we face.

Every uncomfortable experience in life gives you the choice of growing bitter or better.

The last of human freedoms - the ability to chose one's attitude especially an attitude of gratitude in a given set of circumstances especially in difficult circumstances.

Circumstances do not make you what you are, they reveal what you are.