Quotes About Adversity

One of the major keys to success is to keep moving forward on the journey, making the best of the detours and interruptions, turning adversity into advantage.

Fail early, fail often, but always fail forward.

President Abraham Lincoln said, "Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

Great minds have purposes; others have wishes. Little minds are subdued by misfortunes; but great minds rise above them.

The first important step in weathering failure is learning not to personalize it.

If at First You Do Succeed, Try Something Harder

You cannot always control what happens to you, but you can control what happens in you.

Because as the challenge escalates, the need for teamwork elevates.

Laughing is the quickest way to get up and get going again when you've been knocked down. Failing Forward

Do you know the difference between leaders, followers, and losers? Leaders stretch with challenges. Followers struggle with challenges. Losers shrink from challenges.

People are training for success when they should be training for failure. Failure is far more common than success; poverty is more prevalent than wealth; and disappointment more normal than arrival. —J.WALLACE HAMILTON

Enlightenment writer and philosopher Voltaire likened life to a game of cards. Players must accept the cards dealt to them. However, once they have those cards in hand, they alone choose how they will play them. They decide what risks and actions to take.

We cannot choose how many years we will live, but we can choose how much life those years will have. We cannot control the beauty of our face, but we can control the expression on it. We cannot control life's difficult moments, but we can choose to make life less difficult. We cannot control the negative atmosphere of the world, but we can control the atmosphere of our minds.

Those things that hurt, instruct." —Benjamin Franklin

There is no achievement without failure.

Positive thinking does not always change our circumstances, but it will always change us. When we are able to think right about tough situations, then our journeys through life become

You lose the respect of the best when you don't deal properly with the worst.

More than anything else, what keeps a person going in the midst of adversity is having a sense of purpose. It is the fuel that powers persistence.

Adversity doesn't build character; it reveals it.

Rule #1: You will learn lessons. Rule #2: There are no mistakes—only lessons. Rule #3: A lesson is repeated until it is learned.

Rule #4: If you don't learn the easy lessons, they get harder. (Pain is one way the universe gets your attention.) Rule #5: You'll know you've learned a lesson when your actions change.

A man is not defeated by his opponents but by himself.

Our problems are no longer problems when we seek learning instead of leisure.

Think about a rubber band. It is totally useless unless it is stretched. When insecurity keeps us from stretching and growing, we end up with a life that is as unexciting and useless as a limp rubber band. Confidence