Quotes About Adversity

Men do not stumble over mountains, but over mole hills.

Every problem has a gift for you in its hands.

Everything that happens helps you grow, even if its hard to see right now.

Even if you have a problem, you don't need to be one.

Today is cruel. Tomorrow is crueller. And the day after tomorrow is beautiful.

The sea is not less beautiful in our eyes because we know that sometimes ships are wrecked by it.

Pursue your goals even in the face of difficulties, and convert adversities into opportunities.

Growing is a lifetime job, and we grow most when we're down in the valleys, where the fertilizer is.

Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.

Carry on, carry on, what don't kill us makes us strong.

First ask yourself: What is the worst that can happen? Then prepare to accept it. Then proceed to improve on the worst.

There is no sense in crying over spilt milk. Why bewail what is done and cannot be recalled?

When the going gets tough that should be your inspirational reason to drive on.

Where you stumble and fall, there you will find gold.

The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak, became a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong.

One of the great things about being willing to try new things and make mistakes is that making mistakes keeps you humble. People who are humble learn more than people who are arrogant.

Stepping onto a brand-new path is difficult, but not more difficult than remaining in a situation, which is not nurturing to the whole woman.

To fear is one thing. To let fear grab you by the tail and swing you around is another.

Being an entrepreneur is like eating glass and staring into the abyss of death.

I had concussions as a kid playing football and basketball, and know what it feels like and to have someone say 'Just rub some dirt on it, and get back in there.'

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Press on. Obstacles are seldom the same size tomorrow as they are today.

Being an entrepreneur is simply going from one mistake to the next. You must have the fortitude to continue on.

We have to keep company with supposedly bad characters if we are to survive and not succumb to mental atrophy. People of good character, so called, are the ones who end up boring us to death.