Quotes About Adversity

I never look at the glass as half empty or half full. I look to see who is pouring the water and deal with them.

Fear will always knock on your door. Just don't invite it in for dinner. And for heaven's sake, don't offer it a bed for the night.

To learn to succeed, you must first learn to fail.

Most people, once they graduate from the School of Hard Knocks, automatically enroll in the University of Adversity.

When your world is in pieces, you can choose to see it as crumbling or building. Your attitude, resilience and determination mark the difference.

Somewhere, somehow, somebody must have kicked you around some. Tell me, why you want to lay there, revel in your abandon?

You gotta find a way to survive cause they win when your soul dies.

Remember that nobody will ever get ahead of you as long as he is kicking you in the seat of the pants.

He had an idea that even when beaten he could steal a little victory by laughing at defeat.

Sometimes the best of gods gift's arrive by the shattering of all the window panes.

Sometimes a little discomfort in the beginning can save a whole lot of pain down the road.

Failure? I never encountered it. All I ever met were temporary setbacks.

Anyone who proposes to do good must not expect people to roll stones out of his way, but must accept his lot calmly if they even roll a few more upon it.

I am bigger than anything that can happen to me.

People react to criticism in different ways, and my way is definitely to come out fighting.

You have to remain cool under fire and let criticism roll off you. Good leaders handle conflict easily and bad ones are eaten up by it.

When reason fails, the devil helps!

All misfortune is but a stepping stone to fortune.

If we are growing we are always going to be outside our comfort zone.

I'd rather fight a buzzsaw than dance.

Do the uncomfortable and it will widen your circle of comfort.

I think the reason why I'm the person who I am today is because I went through those tough times when I was younger.

The Negro's problem will not be solved by running away.

One takes what the river offers, both good and bad. The joy of living by running water far outweighs the sorrow.