Quotes About Adversity

and he would have passed a pleasant life of it, in despite of the Devil and all his works, if his path had not been crossed by a being that causes more perplexity to mortal man than ghosts, goblins, and the whole race of witches put together, and that was—a woman.

The scholar only knows how dear these silent, yet eloquent, companions of pure thoughts and innocent hours become in the season of adversity. When all that is worldly turns to dross around us, these only retain their steady value.

You can always die. It's living that takes real courage." - Himura Kenshin

I'd never compared myself to being dead before, but it was the only thing I could think of. The only thing worse than the situation I faced.

It isn't stress that makes us fall - it's how we respond to stressful events.

Challenges in life always seek leaders and leaders seek challenges.

The enemy doesn't warn its target. Emergencies do not make appointments, and the greatest battles of life are often surprises.

Your greatest area of leadership often comes out of your greatest area of pain and weakness.

Success is often followed by failure. Yesterday's victory doesn't win today's battle.

Every great leader has incredible odds to overcome.

Only adversity provides the opportunity for greatness.

Ever had one of those days you couldn't hit the ground with your hat?

Remember that suffering will change you, but not necessarily for the better. You must choose to grow better not bitter.

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experiences of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired, and success achieved." HELEN KELLER

To be right with God has often meant to be in trouble with men." A. W. TOZER

Suffering will change us, but not necessarily for the better. We have to choose that. And it was the choosing that made all the difference for me.

You can learn more from the lows than the highs. The highs are great but the lows make you really look at things in a different way and want to improve. Every player will have both in their careers and I have, but what you get is that experience which is so important to perform at your best.

We want God to change situations. God wants to change us in them.

Wayne Thomas Batson

With everything that has happened to you, you can either feel sorry for yourself or treat what has happened as a gift. Everything is either an opportunity to grow or an obstacle to keep you from growing. You get to choose.

Circumstances do not make a man, they reveal him.

Too young for a lot of things, but that didn't stop them from happening.

They must have pumped him full of some high-test elephant tranquilizer, considering how tough it was for Paolo to return to the land of the living.

If only her problems were as simple as dealing with a handful of townspeople with pitchforks...