Quotes About Adversity

You are not a failure when you fall down, you become one when you stay down. To succeed you must keep rising one more time.

if you are being bullyed do not leave the school you go to beacause if you do you are tell the bully they have win.

Iron is full of impurities that weaken it; through forging, it becomes steel and is transformed into a razor-sharp sword. Human beings develop in the same fashion

Do not look upon this world with fear and loathing. Bravely face whatever the gods offer

Be grateful even for hardship, setbacks, and bad people. Dealing with such obstacles is an essential part of training in the Art of Peace.

What a pity. He was too strong for his own good." People possessing tremendous strength have a very difficult time controlling themselves and easily make enemies.)

One should be prepared to receive 99 percent of an enemy's attack and stare death right in the face in order to illumine the Path. Regardless of how grim a situation, it is still possible to turn things around in your favor

Face a single foe as if you are facing ten thousand enemies; face ten thousand enemies as a single foe

Never fear another challenger, no matter how large; Never despise another challenger, no matter how small

Never fear another challenger, no matter how large; Never despise another challenger, no matter how small. Large does not always defeat little. Little can become large by constant building; large can become little by falling apart.

You can find joy in practically any situation if you are open to the experience of happiness.

Your circumstances are an opportunity for you to draw near to God and for God to reveal Himself to you through those circumstances in a greater way than He ever has before.

It's our potential for good stuff I'm most interested in exploring, but that has most meaning when juxtaposed with things that can go wrong.

The darkest hour has only 60 minutes.

None of us is guaranteed against failure or corruption of any kind witness what's going on in the world in this moment, the follies of human nature and the failures of human nature.

If you spend your whole life waiting for the storm, you'll never enjoy the sunshine.

If you spend your life waiting for the sun, you'll never enjoy the storm.

I know what it feels like to have the door slammed firmly in my face, so I'm cool with that.

Bitter is wine, but it sweetens all bitterness.

Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.

People who really want help may attack you if you help them. Help them anyway.

Parkinson's is my toughest fight. No, it doesn't hurt. It's hard to explain. I'm being tested to see if I'll keep praying, to see if I'll keep my faith. All great people are tested by God.

I wasn't just fighting one man, I was fighting a lot of men. I had to show them all that I was a man they couldn't intimidate. If I lost, I would have to listen to all the talk about how I was a bum, how I joined the wrong movement, and how I was misled. That's why it was so important for me to show them how wrong they were. I won in a third-round knockout.

It isn't the mountains ahead that wear you out, it's the little pebble in your shoe.