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Quotes About Adversity

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
~ Nelson Mandela
Victory is not always winning the battle...but rising every time you fall.
~ Napoleon Bonaparte
Any man who tries to be good all the time is bound to come to ruin among the great number who are not good.
~ Niccolo Machiavelli
We may not have chosen the time, but the time has chosen us.
~ John Lewis
I was born, to handle situations the way I do. I've always been the type who can be thrown in the fire and make it out. Any time I'm given an opportunity, I feel I'm ready.
~ Roman Reigns
A winner is that person who gets up one more time than she is knocked down.
~ Mia Hamm
The enemy is in front of us, the enemy is behind us, the enemy is to the right and to the left of us. They can't get away this time!
~ Douglas MacArthur
Failure happens all the time. It happens every day in practice. What makes you better is how you react to it.
~ Mia Hamm
Bad times, hard times, this is what people keep saying; but let us live well, and times shall be good. We are the times: Such as we are, such are the times.
~ Saint Augustine
I think my biggest achievement is that, after going through a rather difficult time, I consider myself comparatively sane.
~ Jackie Kennedy
It is sufficient for you that the one who envies you is distressed at the time of your joy.
~ Uthman ibn Affan
You may be in a tough time but that setback is simply a setup for a greater comeback.
~ Joel Osteen
In the time of darkest defeat, victory may be nearest.
~ William McKinley
There may be challenges or crosses that may have delayed your goals temporarily, but now it's time to move forward.
~ T. D. Jakes
When you encounter difficulties and contradictions, do not try to break them, but bend them with gentleness and time.
~ Saint Francis de Sales
You've got to believe that God is in control of your life. It may be a tough time but you've got to believe that God has a reason for it and he's going to make everything good.
~ Joel Osteen
Your struggle is your strength. If you can resist becoming negative, bitter or hopeless, in time, your struggles will give you everything.
~ Bryant H. McGill
We have seen better days.
~ William Shakespeare
By the time we arrived, as evening was approaching, I felt as sore as a rock must feel when the waterfall has pounded on it all day long.
~ Arthur Golden
Every time you get knocked down you get up stronger.
~ Marlon Brando
I try not to waste time feeling bad for myself, because when I do, there's no room for happiness.
~ Sam Berns
They say time flies, but you keep breaking it's wings.
~ Tablo
I've known for a long time that they're a bunch of idiots.
~ Kobe Bryant
Life is getting up one more time than you've been knocked down.
~ John Wayne