Quotes About Adversity

Living fearlessly is not the same as never being afraid. It's good to be afraid occasionally. Fear is a great teacher.

Each rebuff is an opportunity to move forward; turn away from them, avoid them, and you throw away your future.

A winning strategy must include losing.

In bad times, the rich usually get richer.

Learn to be difficult when it counts

The detour is always rougher than the main road

After the final no there comes a yes And on that yes the future world depends.

If people throw rocks at you, collect them and build something.

It is what you do about what happens that counts.

Don't wish for less problems; wish for more skills.

People are either wind in your or an anchor on your tail.

Stones of judgment, discouragement or doubt may be thrown at you. You can't stop them, but you can make the choice to keep your walls up and not let them affect you.

It was quite tough, not many opportunities. I remember in primary school, one of my teachers said, "As for you young man, you haven't got much of a future."

So I know all about the ups and downs of football, I know that one day I will be sacked.

I have been rich and I have been poor. I know which one I prefer.

The willow turns his back on inclement weather. And if he can do it, we can do it.

I will walk where failures fear to walk.

Where victims see adversity, extreme achievers see opportunity.

It's better to be in the arena, getting stomped by the bull, than to be up in the stands or out in the parking lot.

When everything is coming your way, youre probably in the wrong lane.

In the middle of adversity there is great opportunity.

If I would have listened to other people back in 2000 telling me I should have stopped playing basketball because of a kidney disease, I wouldn't have won a world championship.

It seems to me that I cannot afford, as a self-respecting individual, to refuse to do a thing merely because it will make me disliked or bring down a storm of criticism on my head.

It's necessary to use suffering. Otherwise, one is used by it.