Quotes About Adversity

Character is who you are under pressure, not who you are when everything's fine.

From good things, we learn to be a thankful person. From bad things, we learn to be a strong person. Remember that everything will not go the way you want it to. It's a matter of learning that life isn't handed to you. Stop worrying about what others want. Think about what you want, if you listen too much to what people say about you, you will never be who you really are.

3 Lessons to be learned from a PENCIL.. Pain always sharpen you. Everything you do leaves a mark. What's inside you is useful, not what's outside...

WHO: you are is what makes you special. Don't change for anyone. WHAT: lies ahead will always be a mystery. Don't be afraid to explore. WHEN: life pushes you over, you push back harder. Where: there are choices to make,make the one you won't regret. WHY: things happen will never be certain. Take it in stride and move forward.

Only dead fish go with the current.

Sometimes in life things have to go very wrong before they can then be right. But, sometimes you have to go through your worse, to arrive at your best.

I try to correct my life trying to fit everything right.Trying not to be wrong again. But I always remember that being wrong sometimes makes me a BETTER PERSON.

Sometimes in life we're tied to the wrong things such as the wrong relationships, wrong marriages, wrong friendships, in the wrong places, wrong choices. Then we wonder why things end like they do, and why they had to happen that way. But in order to get to that which is for you it may require going through the wrong things to get to the right things !

Sometimes you face difficulties not because you're doing something wrong, but because you're doing something right.

Some of the best growth happens as a result of things going wrong.

Sometimes you have to ride over the bumps in the road to avoid running off a cliff. Other times you may have to fall into the potholes to avoid hitting the trees. Some days you have to experience the wrong turns, to recognize the right ones. There is no better navigation system than bad experiences in life so that we can recalculate our lives through better choices to reach our intended destination.

We need to be wrong to learn what's right and we have to stumble and fall to know how to stand and fight!

A loss never bothers me after I take it. I forget it overnight. But being wrong - not taking the loss - that is what does damage to the pocketbook and to the soul.

When other people treat you poorly, keep being you. Don't ever let someone else's bitterness change the person you are.

Keep being yourself as well. Many times when life gets us down, all we desire for is some normalcy after tragedy.

I may act strong... but behind what you see is filled with diverse experiences that have molded me to who I am today...

Sometimes life comes at you fast. The least you should know is that you can do anything if you try, and that nothing can stop you. You are what you say you are, and no one can take that away from you. Life is that valuable thing that is unique to you. No one can change it; just you. And endure till the end! The battle is not done till all men are down

Others might create more problems in your life than you'd like, but that's how it goes sometimes. Let others do their thing and just try to focus on yourself. Criticism won't get you anywhere.

This is your life, not theirs, don't worry about what people think, do what you like. People gonna hate you, judge you, break you, but how strong you stand, thats what makes defines you and make you stand strong in the time of adversity.

When people call you a failure, they will only be right if you're already dead. Being alive is the greatest source of hope.

Challenge yourself with something you know you could never do, and what you'll find is that you can overcome anything.

You may lose the people you love, you may lose the thing you have. But no matter what happens never lose yourself.

You shouldn't give up. Fight for yourself and who you are. You've got to go through the worst times in life to get the best.

If you are weak, suffering will follow you wherever you go. You will never find happiness if you don't challenge your weaknesses and change yourself from within.