Quotes About Adversity

Blame is especially useful in situations in which there is no apparent villain-those moments that prove, despite our advancement of learning, how susceptible we are to high winds and wet roads.

My so-called failures have been some of my greatest learning tools. I just make sure to fail up.

Theres nothing like being a soldier for confidence or learning your limits or enduring utter humiliation.

View every obstacle as a learning post.

When you realize your life isn't heading in the direction you wish, rather than wasting time complaining about the situation, just focus on the direction you wish to proceed with determination.

As Paul Tillich put it, suffering introduces you to yourself and reminds you that you are not the person you thought you were.

Others could be victim for each lesson we learned.

Own your errors but never be consumed by them. If you are willing to learn they provide great opportunities for how not to do it a second time around.

Learning what all you can overcome as a person, as a human being, is very important. It's very important to understand your strength. Which is not to say you become hardened or bitter.

Learn to dance in the storm so when life hands you a stormy weather, you just glide through it

I'm learning as I go. I don't know everything. I never had anybody to look at, nobody ever taught me, and where I'm from I didn't have any famous role models.

It's not about the failure, it's about learning from the failures. Failure itself cannot be celebrated.

Look back at your life. It's always the hardest times that made you who you are.

Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith.

Live your life not celebrating victories, but overcoming defeats.

You don't always get the waterfall shortcut in Mario Kart. That's life.

The Warrior knows about the "waterfall effect".

You can't be afraid of people willing to hurt you, cause if you fear life, then you will never live

When life seems hard, the courageous do not lie down and accept defeat; instead, they are all the more determined to struggle for a better future.

Somewhere along the way in your life, the world and its people will have a problem with you. That's their problem. Not yours.

Life consists of two days: one for you and one against you, so when it's for you don't be proud or reckless, and when it's against you be patient, for both days are test for you

I think that if you go through life and no one hates you, then that means you're not good at anything

Golf is the closest game to the game we call life. You get bad breaks from good shots; you get good breaks from bad shots - but you have to play the ball where it lies.

Life is hard; it's harder if you're stupid.