Quotes About Adversity

We are at our strongest when life is at its worst, and at our weakest when life no longer offers a challenge.

At the end of the day you either focus on what's tearing you apart or you focus on what's holding you together. The choice is yours to make...

My past is what I've been through, it's not who I am. It has helped mold me, but it does not define me.

Step up to the plate and accept all of life's challenges head on!

Never be intimidated by your challenges. No matter how tough they are, they will bow to your destiny.

When all goes bad, and you think it'll never get better just remember; Everything happens for a reason, and It will all get better in time.

Smile despite the circumstances and laugh throughout the pain. Life is full of hardships but it is how you deal with them that will, in the end, define you.

Challenges are what make life interesting but getting over them is what makes life meaningful.

It's not what I have been through in my life that defines who I am, it's how I got through it that has made me the person I am today...

We've all had our tragedies in life to deal with, it is up to us to become a stronger person for it, and go on, not dwell in the past that can't be changed.

I'd rather be a happy person with a thousand enemies than a miserable person with no enemies.

No one has traveled the road of success without crossing the streets of failure!

If you run from all of your problems you won't get far in life because in order to be successful you have to be a fighter not a quitter.

We might not always be able to understand why things happen, we just have to learn to accept it and move on.

Accepting the challenges in life makes it interesting and overcoming them makes it eloquent.

Life isn't always amazing; there will be times of trial and times of struggle along the way but don't give up, be strong, believe in yourself and show life that you are going to make it no matter what it throws at you.

One of the greatest blessings in the world is to be able to be happy even when things in life are not going the way we planned.

When things go wrong, try to look at the comical side of things...and make the best of everything life throws your way...

Feels like I'm stuck in a battle equipped with no armor but still standing strong... because to be a survivor you have to know how to keep holding on!!

No matter how much it hurts now, someday you will look back and realize your struggles changed your life for the better.

Failure does not lead to a dead end. I believe it leads to an opportunity to reflect on the aspects in your life that need adjustments or improvements.

No one ever said life was easy. There will always be someone who will break your heart. You may be so depressed, you just sit in the corner and cry for hours. But you just have to remember, LIFE GOES ON.

Sorrow prepares you for joy. It violently sweeps everything out of your house, so that new joy can find space to enter. It shakes the yellow leaves from the bough of your heart, so that fresh, green leaves can grow in their place. It pulls up the rotten roots, so that new roots hidden beneath have room to grow. Whatever sorrow shakes from your heart, far better things will take their place.

The more difficult the obstacle, the stronger one becomes after hurdling it. The winds of grace are always blowing; all we need to do is raise our sails.