Quotes About Adversity

Even the knowledge of my own fallibility cannot keep me from making mistakes. Only when I fall do I get up again.

Those who want to row on the ocean of human knowledge do not get far, and the storm drives those out of their course who set sail.

I discovered early that crying makes my nose red, and the knowledge has helped me through several painful episodes.

But knowledge to their eyes her ample page Rich with the spoils of time did ne'er unroll; Chill Penury repressed their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul.

If people do not revere the Law of Nature It will adversely affect them. If they accept It with knowledge and reverence, It will accommodate them with balance and harmony.

I had been born shoved to the margins of the world, sure, but I had volunteered for the pits.

He knows himself, and all that's in him, who knows adversity.

What has sustained me even in the most grim moments is the knowledge that I am a member of a tried and tested family which has triumphed over many difficulties.

Remember Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did but she did it backwards and in high heels.

So many businesses today have wind-up because of fear of failing.

Every one is bound to bear patiently the results of his own example.

With every physical pain my moral fibre unravels a little.

Real obstacles don't take you in circles. They can be overcome. Invented ones are like a maze.

Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back upon himself.

The question in life is not whether you get knocked down. You will. The question is, are you ready to get back up... And fight for what you believe in?

Disappointment and adversity can be catalysts for greatness. There's something particularly exciting about being the hunter, as opposed to the hunted. And that can make for powerful energy.

Failing forward is the ability to get back up after you've been knocked down, learn from your mistake, and move forward in a better direction.

Leaders learn by leading, and they learn bestby leading in the face of obstacles. As weather shapes mountains, problems shape leaders.

Leadership is found in the action to defeat that which would defeat you… You are made by the struggles you choose.

Great leadership is not attained by pursuing greatness but by persevering through great tests.

Enduring setbacks while maintaining the ability to show others the way to go forward is a true test of leadership.

Satan will try to use our troubles to worry and weaken us. But God uses them to strengthen us.

In the worst of times the best among us never lose their moral compass, and that is how they emerge relatively unscathed.

Mountaintops inspire leaders but valleys mature them.