Quotes About Adversity

The beautiful thing about setbacks is they introduce us to our strengths.

Adversity has the effect of drawing out strength and qualities of a man that would have laid dormant in its absence.

Today we fight. Tomorrow we fight. The day after, we fight. And if this disease plans on whipping us, it better bring a lunch, 'cause it's gonna have a long day doing it.

Whatever is in me is stronger than what is out there to defeat me.

You're never beaten until you admit it

Try to avoid complaints. Self-pity even when legitimate never fails to undermine your strength.

What batters you becomes your strength.

Through adversity, not only are we given opportunity to discover our inner strength, we are also given the gift of foresight so we can shine a light for others who go through the experience after us.

You only really discover the strength of your spine when your back is against the wall.

Our strength often increases in proportion to the obstacles imposed upon it.

Don't wish me happiness - I don't expect to be happy it's gotten beyond that, somehow. Wish me courage and strength and a sense of humor - I will need them all.

My demons, inner strengths and physical battles have guided me through life.

We are not to be alarmed when Satan hinders us, for it is proof that we are on the Lord's side and are doing the Lord's work. In His strength, we will win the victory and triumph over our adversary.

Their gunnin' for me, want to see me fall, you know my story, been through it all, times I felt like dyin', but I ain't cryin', what didn't kill me, makes me strong as iron.

Know how sublime a thing it is to suffer and be strong.

Don't allow negative people to steal your joy. When you lose your joy, you lose your strength.

Losing strengthens you. It reveals your weaknesses so you can fix them

Pain and suffering are the soil of strength and courage.

If they hadn't tried to break me down, I wouldn't know that I'm unbreakable.

I think what I've come to now is, that fear is good; it's what life is about. You need to be afraid because fear gives you the strength to carry on important tasks.

The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress and grow.

Life is stronger than you are, even when you deny it, even when you neglect it, even when you refuse to admit it.

God knows your breaking point. You simply don't know your own strength.

A wound does not destroy us. It activates our self-healing powers. The point is not to "put it behind you" but to keep benefiting from the strength it has awakened.