Quotes About Adversity

I think all of us have enemies in disguise, but there is nothing much you can do about that. You have to live with it. I just do my own thing and let the enemies be.

There's a certain group of people who are always going to dislike me and disagree with whatever I say.

I don't like rehabilitating myself. It is one of the things I dislike.

As much as I disliked it, my brothers used to whoop me every day, but I have a feeling that I'm probably a stronger man today because of it.

When things are really dismal, you can laugh, or you can cave in completely.

Having been raised during the war, I know very well how childhood hampered by displacement, poverty, violence, and fear looks like.

There is dissatisfaction in all of us. Some of us take out that dissatisfaction by attempting to ruin whatever you are attempting to do. This is a fact of life.

I think I showed I'm resilient, I'm strong, I can go the distance against a bigger man and still box effectively.

There were a lot of distractions in Baltimore, and I think they were a problem for me.

I've grown up in a very diverse background.

I think that as an artist, the more that you can do to diversify, and kind of challenge yourself, the more you grow.

Everybody's looking at me expecting me to shrink up and die.

Everybody expects you to play well, and when you don't have the results, that's tough.

When you lose, you learn a lot about yourself. That experience is important.

If you feel a bit aggrieved or hard done by, you probably need the break just to reset yourself and give yourself time for different learning - to get out there and experience different things.

I'd be lying to say I've not experienced a lot of racism in my life; it's very much alive. I don't let it bother me. I couldn't be the singer I am if I didn't let it go.

I come from a country in which I experienced economic collapse.

There is a strength of character in the people who have, by and large, never experienced comfort.

I have been a lifelong stutterer, and when I was young, I experienced some very difficult times.

Playing for the Washington Spirit, the 2013 season was one of the most difficult I have ever experienced.

While I don't necessarily believe the cliche that 'everything happens for a reason,' I do believe that every encounter, every situation, and every challenge I've experienced has shaped me into the woman I am today. And I am proud to say that I have never backed down from life's challenges.

80% of everything I've experienced since the Verve has been depressing.

I've been through a lot of different things, experienced a lot of different things.

My father's life was so decimated by his earliest experiences. His mother died when he was 7 years old, which he always said was the worst experience in his life. When he was 8, his father disappeared and he was on his own from the age of 8.