Quotes About Adversity

In adverse circumstances, every creature becomes something else, evolving or devolving. What makes us human is that we know what we once were, and, let us hope, we remember how to change back.

The majority of autists - as well as their parents - seem to be genuine victims of environmental stress.

I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom.

All progress takes place outside the comfort zone.

Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.

Success is not forever and failure isn't fatal.

We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.

Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts.

Those who would judge us merely by the heights we have achieved would do well to remember the depths from which we started.

When obstacles arise, you change your direction to reach your goal; you do not change your decision to get there.

Do not judge me by my success, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.

They'll try to close the door on you... Just open it.

You become strong by defying defeat and by turning loss into gain and failure to success.

Success is not built on success. It's built on failure. It's built on frustration. Sometimes its built on catastrophe.

Failure is success in progress

It's not really that much of a big deal - you brush it off and you come back. Defeat is the secret ingredient to success.

Success isn't determined by how many times you win, but by how you play the week after you lose.

Getting knocked down in life is a given. Getting up and moving forward is a choice.

It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult

What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise

If you fall behind, run faster. Never give up, never surrender, and rise up against the odds.

The best measure of success, is how you deal with failure

Really, you should always discuss the defeats because you can learn much more from failure than from success.

My experience tells me the hard road is almost always the right road.