Quotes About Adversity

In terrible moments, in moments of revolution, of war or repression, of illness or death, people react with incredible strength.

We must do that which we think we cannot.

I guess that makes our biggest weakness lack of strength.

Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.

When you get pushed down, you pick yourself up and move on. I've never been a victim.

When we are strong, we are always much greater than the things that happen to us.

My principal battle with the North Vietnamese was a moral one, and prayer was my prime source of strength.

I went to a military school between the ages of six and 12 and later into the air force. You learn discipline and strength of character.

When you are required to exhibit strength, it comes.

I like to photograph people who have strength and dignity in their faces. Whatever life has done to them, it hasn't destroyed them.

It is not when the cable lies coiled up on the deck that you know how strong or how weak it is; it is when it is put to the test.

A person who is severely impaired never knows his hidden sources of strength until he is treated like a normal human being and encouraged to shape his own life.

A warrior of the Light does not rely on strength alone; he makes use of his opponent's energy, too.

What seems nasty, painful, evil can become a source of beauty, joy, and strength, if faced with an open mind.

You will never truly know yourself or the strength of your relationships until both have been tested by adversity.

He said that those who have endured some misfortune will always be set apart but that it is just that misfortune which is their gift and which is their strength.

The fact that you can feel pain like this is your greatest strength

The worst experience can bring out a person's deepest strength.

To be a Jew is to be strong with a strength that has outlived persecutions. It is to be wise against ignorance, honest against piracy, harmless against evil, kind against cruelty

My strength is my weakness and weakness is my strength

Incessant falls teach men to reform, and distress rouses their strength. Life springs from calamity, and death from ease.

Le bonheur engloutit nos forces, comme le malheur e teint nos vertus. Happiness engulfs our strength, just as misfortune extinguishes our virtues.

For me, the hero's journey is not the voyage from weakness to strength. The true hero's journey is the voyage from strength to weakness.

There is prodigious strength in sorrow and despair.