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Quotes About Adversity

Every problem is a gift - without problems we would not grow.
~ Anthony Robbins
Where there is ruin, there is hope for a treasure.
~ Jalaluddin Rumi
I beg you take courage; the brave soul can mend even disaster.
~ Catherine the Great
The measure of a man's character is not determined by how he handles his wins, but how he handles his failures.
~ Bill Courtney
The more difficulties one has to encounter, within and without, the more significant and the higher in inspiration his life will be.
~ Horace Bushnell
Only with absolute fearlessness can we slay the dragons of mediocrity that invade our gardens.
~ George Lois
It's the children the world almost breaks who grow up to save it.
~ Frank Warren
What excites me the most is when a coach calls a timeout and chews out his forward because I just dunked on his head.
~ Karl Malone
Without heroes, we are all plain people and don't know how far we can go.
~ Bernard Malamud
To be mature means to face, and not evade, every fresh crisis that comes
~ Fritz Kunkel
Sweet are the uses of adversity
~ William Shakespeare
You can't tell how much spirit a team has until it starts losing.
~ Rocky Colavito
You don't overcome challenges by making them smaller but by making yourself bigger.
~ John C. Maxwell
If we bear all this suffering and if there are still Jews left, when it is over, then Jews, instead of being doomed, will be held up as an example.
~ Anne Frank
The world spins. We stumble on. It is enough.
~ Colum McCann
Laughter is to life what shock absorbers are to automobiles. It won't take the potholes out of the road, but it sure makes the ride smoother
~ Barbara Johnson
Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.
~ George S. Patton Jr.
The very things we wish to avoid, neglect and flee from turn out to be the 'prima materia' from which all real growth comes.
~ Andrew Harvey
Instead of me having a breakdown, I'm focusing on me having a breakthrough.
~ Terrell Owens
I hate storms, but calms undermine my spirits.
~ Bernard Moitessier
If you're not big enough to lose, you're not big enough to win.
~ Walter Reuther
Every failure made me more confident. Because I wanted even more to achieve as revenge, to show that I could.
~ Roman Polanski
The past can hurt. But the way I see it, you can either run from it, or learn from it.
~ Walt Disney
The wise man should be prepared for everything that does not lie within his control.
~ Pythagoras