Quotes About Adversity

The trouble with going with the flow is, you might wind up getting sucked down the drain.

Everybody has gone through something that has changed them in a way that they could never go back to the person they once were.

Haters are just life's obstacles you have to go around them and keep moving.

Sometimes you just need to bow your head, say a prayer and weather the storm.

Sometimes life throws something to us that makes us laugh, sometimes life throws something to us that makes us cry, but whatever life throws at us we have to stay strong to fight it so as to appreciate our living.

Only when we move forward out of fear can we truly embrace life's ups and downs with dignity and grace.

I'm in an abusive relationship with life. It keeps beating the hell out of me and I'm too cowardly to leave it.

I believe everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they're right, you believe lies so you learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.

Peace does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble, or hard work. Peace means to be in the midst of all those things and still be calm in your heart....

As life goes on, there's new challenges that we all have to face, there's more problems for us to solve, there's more mistakes for us to make and to learn from. That's what life is all about.

Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune. Sometimes knowing when to give up is the real test of character.

When we fall ten times in life, we must get back up eleven times harder and stronger not affraid to give ourselves everything we've ever wanted in life.

There are people who think that to be strong is to never feel pain. But in reality, the strongest people are the ones who feel it, understand it, and accept it.

Once the storm is over, you won't remember how you made it through and how you managed to survive. You won't even be sure whether the storm is really over. But one thing, is certain. When you come out of the storm, you won't be the same person who walked in it.

Life's challenges are not stop signs, they are guidelines to help us discover who we are.

Hope empowers you to strive and grow even when your circumstances are in shambles.

Our life is a test, and our courage is our force to hope for the best and prepare for the worst.

The things that hurt you, break you down and make you weak today, are the same things that will build you up, make you strong and help you carry on tomorrow.

Strength of character is not always about how much you can handle before you break, it's also about, how much you can handle after you've broken.

Never give up believing that there is hope for better days to come. Bad things happen for a reason and sometimes it is to bring us to those better days.

The next time someone criticizes you, remember you have two options. You can either sulk and give up, complaining about how unfair the world is and how your efforts go unnoticed. Or you would get back to work on your shortcomings and flaws, and emerge a winner. The choice is yours.

Hurdles are those impediments which can be removed or overcome if only we make determined efforts. We should identify the hurdles without loss of time. We should not allow them to ruffle or discourage us. We should neither magnify nor minimize them.

Educated people change themselves according to the situation, but the experienced people can change the situation according to them.

To have God on our side doesn't mean sailing on a boat with no storms, it means having a boat that no storm can sink!