Quotes About Adversity

To win without risk is to triumph without glory.

You can't hold a man down without staying down with him.

Effort without talent is a depressing situation... but talent without effort is a tragedy.

If there are challenges thrown across, then some interesting, innovative solutions are found. Without challenges, the tendency is to go on the same way.

We are a fighting nation, continually struggling to overcome diseases from within... and to face up to foreign intervention from without.

A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.

There is no success without hardship.

I found the purpose of my existence, and also the purpose of my circumstance. There's a purpose for why you're in the fire. If God can use a man without arms and legs to be His hands and feet, then He will certainly use any willing heart!

The final proof of greatness lies in being able to endure criticism without resentment.

The principal act of courage is to endure and withstand dangers doggedly rather than to attack them.

To know the things that I've overcome and came out the other side with my chin up and my chest out, things way bigger than any man could give me, I walked through things that most people couldn't withstand, and I came out with my head high and my chest out.

Teams go on runs. We have to be able to withstand a run and not get down on ourselves.

I do whatever is necessary in order to maintain the equanimity we all need to withstand the disappointment and rejection that are the lot of every writer, no matter where we are in our careers.

You have to be mentally strong to withstand the ridicule of other children and the stares of adults.

A few regular troops from old France, weakened by hunger and sickness, who, when fresh, were unable to withstand the British soldiers, are their general's chief dependence.

What I know for sure is that we are all created with this phenomenal force inside of us that can have us withstand - that God never gives us more than we can handle.

If I get a guy that can take my shots and withstand my arsenal for the first round or two, I think you're going to see the best of me coming forward.

I think I've been able to withstand pressure and know that things get easier and I think, when they've got easier, I've cashed in.

You don't have to be a scared person. I've had so many tragedies. I've managed to withstand things that you may think you cannot tolerate. But I have the strength.

To build a great business, you have to do something hard just to be able to withstand all the competition that will later come your way.

I work on my body tremendously to be able to withstand whatever is thrown my way.

Women are much tougher than men in so many ways. I would say, mentally, they are stronger. In terms of physical pressure, they can withstand a lot too.

Vast areas are witness to the struggles of destitute populations trying to survive under unlivable conditions.

People say that F1 is blessed with the 'best drivers in the world,' but I want to witness the 'total best drivers in the world,' and this means taking away the elements that make their job easier.