Quotes About Adversity

Misfortunes happen, but don't use it as an excuse to not try something new, or to wither in the face of a failure.

Being a man is not about how tough you are, its about how you control the difficult situations that life confronts you with.

Great challenges make life interesting; overcoming them makes life meaningful. Dont wait until everything is just right; it will never be perfect.

The two hardest things to handle in life are failure and success.

Sometimes you have to go through the hard times to realize how strong you are.

Stay strong. Even when it feels like everything is falling apart.

Never say 'that won't happen to me'. Life has a funny way of proving us wrong.

Everyone comes into your life for a reason: some for good, some for bad. They shape us, they form us: some may break us, but in the end they make us who we are.

No matter the nature of your problems, don't mind the degree of your misfortune, don't lose hope, never submit yourself to frustration because life is the mixture of sorrows and happiness...

Be thankful for the struggles you go through. They make you stronger and wiser. Don't let them break you. Let them make you.

Bad days come sometimes just to remind you that you have plenty of good ones to look forward to.

Being positive does not mean ignoring the negative. Being positive means overcoming the negative.

It's a real world. No glass shoe. No seven dwarfs. But there's always a villain who wants to destroy your life.

Rather than retreating from or trying to get around a negative circumstance you're in, it is best to confront it head-on and do what you need to do to get through it.

Stay strong, be positive. We all struggle sometimes.

Stay focused to the unexpected. Sometimes it's life's conundrums that take us exactly where we need to and least expected.

Take negative things that come your way such as insults others may hurl at you and make something positive from them

When faced with a challenge, your size is not as important as having a strong and tenacious spirit.

An obstacle is often a stepping stone... Things that appear to be obstacles are often helpful in the long run.

Any fool can be happy when times are good. It takes a strong soul with real heart to develop smiles out of situations that make us weep.

What you need to understand is that an overwhelmingly painful and frustrating event in your life right now will one day be part of your much larger past and pool of experience. Not nearly as significant as it seems.

Eventually all of the pieces will fall into place. Until then, laugh at the confusion, live for the moment, and know that everything happens for a reason.

People will wish you the best in life and hate you when you make it.

Life is not easy and it will only become harder if all you do is complain.