Adversity often activates a strength we did not know we had. — Joan Walsh Anglund
One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity. — Albert Schweitzer
Adversity toughens manhood, and the characteristic of the good or the great man is not that he has been exempt from the evils of life, but that he has surmounted them. — Patrick Henry
Adversity is the source of our deepest growth and greatest blessings; embrace it, dare to seek it. — Aron Ralston
Adversities do not make a man frail. They show what sort of man he is. — Thomas Kempis
Pain and suffering are the soil of strength and courage. — Lurlene McDaniel
Through adversity, not only are we given opportunity to discover our inner strength, we are also given the gift of foresight so we can shine a light for others who go through the experience after us. — Rachael Bermingham
Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant. — Horace
Gloom and despondency have never defeated adversity. Trying times need courage and resilience. Our strength as a people is not tested during the best of times. — Thabo Mbeki
We sometimes need adversity to fathom our true depths. — Pat Riley
Short Adversity And Strength Quotes
Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters. — Victor Hugo
Adversity is the first path to truth. — Lord Byron
Prosperity tries the fortunate, adversity the great. — Pliny The Elder
Adversity tests the sincerity of friends — Aesop
We acquire the strength we have overcome. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Embrace challenges, for they reveal your true strength. — Wim Hof
Real strength is being able to carry on when times are hard. — Miep Gies
You become strong by defying defeat and by turning loss into gain and failure to success. — Sayings
The valor that struggles is better than the weakness that endures. — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Don't be disquieted in time of adversity. Be firm with dignity and self-reliant with vigor. — Chiang Kai-shek
Adversity And Strength Image Quotes
Don't shy away from adversity - it will introduce you to your inner strength.
Strength Through Adversity Quotes
Forget the times of trouble, but not the truths they taught. Forget the days of sorrow, but not the strength they brought. Forget the storms you battled through beneath a heavy load - but not the light that led you safely down the unknown road. — Patience Strong
When you look fear in the face, you are able to say to yourself, 'I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.' — Eleanor Roosevelt
Who wants to die? Everything struggles to live. Look at that tree growing up there out of that grating. It gets no sun, and water only when it rains. It's growing out of sour earth. And it's strong because its hard struggle to live is making it strong. My children will be strong that way. — Betty Smith
Dont shy away from adversity - it will introduce you to your inner strength.
Strength is nothing more than enduring life - to be able to survive the heartaches and agonies we go through with our heads held high. Sometimes just walking through adversity to get to the other side is a sign of strength. — Sylvia Browne
You will suffer, be tempted, and make mistakes. You will learn for yourself what every heroine has learned: through overcoming challenges come growth and strength. It is your reaction to adversity, not the adversity itself, that determines how your life's story will develop. — Dieter F. Uchtdorf
I learned there are troubles of more than one kind. Some come from ahead and some from behind. — Dr. Seuss
Strength comes from overcoming adversity, not avoiding it.
A crisis creates the opportunity to dip deep into the reservoirs of our very being, to rise to levels of confidence, strength, and resolve that otherwise we didn't think we possessed. — Jon M. Huntsman Sr.
A crisis allows us the opportunity to dig deep into the reservoirs of our very being, to rise to levels of confidence, strength, and resolve that otherwise we didn't think we possessed. Through adversity, we come face to face with who we really are and what really counts. — Jon Huntsman, Jr.
Through these adversities, Israel has endured with continued strength, conviction, and faith. — Jerry Costello
I will have faith that, though I might not understand why adversity happens, by my conscious choice I can find strength, compassion, and grace through my trials. — Joe Tye
Strength In Adversity Quotes
I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death. — Leonardo da Vinci
Though we tremble before uncertain futures may we meet illness, death and adversity with strength may we dance in the face of our fears. — Gloria E. Anzaldúa
Just put one foot in front of the other. — Austin Peck
People reveal themselves completely only when they are thrown out of the customary conditions of their life. — Leonardo da Vinci
Only one feat is possible: not to have run away. — Dag Hammarskjold
The sky has never been the limit. We are our own limits. It's then about breaking our personal limits and outgrowing ourselves to live our best lives.
All the adversity I've had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me. — Walt Disney
Never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy. — Winston Churchill
When you cast away all your greed and fixation in adversity, you can find unexpected strength. — Momofuku Ando
Learning how to love your neighbor requires a willingness to draw on the strength of Jesus Christ as you die to self and live for Him. Living in this manner allows you to practice biblical love for others in spite of adverse circumstances or your feelings to the contrary. — John C. Broger
Adversity And Character Quotes
A vital team characteristic is the ability to overcome adversity. Any team acquires experience and endurance as it learns to fight back. This in turn builds the kind of character which seldom crumbles at a time of crisis or testing. — Tom Landry
The flower that blooms in adversity is the rarest and most beautiful of all. — Walt Disney
True loyalty is that quality of service that grows under adversity and expands in defeat. Any street urchin can shout applause in victory, but it takes character to stand fast in defeat. One is noise - the other, loyalty. — Fielding H. Yost
The moment we believe that success is determined by an ingrained level of ability as opposed to resilience and hard work, we will be brittle in the face of adversity. — Joshua Waitzkin
Adversity does not build character,it reveals it — James Lane Allen
A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity until he has tasted adversity. — Saadi Shirazi
My ability to survive personal crises is really a mark of the character of my people. Individually and collectively, we must react with a tenacity that allows us again and again to bounce back from adversity. — Wilma Mankiller
To me, obstacles in life build character. You have to be able to overcome adversity in order to succeed and appreciate the simple things life has to offer...that's where most of my inspiration for writing and singing comes from. — Elliott Yamin
People that are brilliant and successful, we think they've just always been that way. That's not the case. Most of them have had some tough adversity in their life. It's prepared them. I've never felt like you could develop character without adversity. — Bobby Bowden
We develop our character muscles by overcoming challenges and obstacles. — Stephen Covey
Adversity And Perseverance Quotes
As long as you've done your best, making mistakes doesn't matter. You and I are human; we will mess up. What counts is learning from your mistakes and getting back up when life has knocked you down. — Shawn Johnson
Investing is not about being right all the time; it is about being patient and disciplined. — Gautam Baid
Happy people know suffering more than anyone else, and that’s how they can see just how damn beautiful their lives are. It’s because they’ve seen the depths. — Brianna Wiest
Opportunities were seized, regrets were had, and success was ultimately achieved. — Cliff Lerner
Through hard work, perseverance and a faith in God, you can live your dreams. — Benjamin Carson
Don’t be afraid to take risks and embrace failure. That’s where the best opportunities often lie. — Jim Simons
Not everything happens as we want or desire. It doesn’t matter. I’m a fighter, and I’m ready to fight every time. — Valentina Shevchenko
In tough times, that’s when you see true colours and personality. — Didier Deschamps
Never give up on your dreams, no matter how painful and difficult your journey is. — Lisa Manoban
Never give up, no matter what may set you back, and know that at the end of the road, you’re going to have something that you can be proud of. — Markiplier
Facing Adversity Quotes
Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced. — James A. Baldwin
Difficulties, opposition, criticism-these things are meant to be overcome, and there is a special joy in facing them and in coming out on top. It is only when there is nothing but praise that life loses its charm and I begin to wonder what I should do about it. — Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
Hope is a practical and powerful force. It's what keeps us going in the face of adversity. — Alexei Navalny
Laugh in the face of adversity, and leap before you look. Dance as though EVERYBODY is watching. March to the beat of your own drummer. And stubbornly refuse to fit in. — Mandy Hale
Cleaner Law: when you are going through a world of pain, you never hide. You show up to work ready to go, you face adversity and your critics and those who judge you, you step into the zone and perform at that top level when everyone is expecting you to falter. That’s being a professional. — Tim Grover
Remain true to yourself and your philosophy. Changing in the face of adversity will in fact diminish your credibility with your customers. — Giorgio Armani
I work all summer and throughout the whole season to be prepared for the challenges that I have to face. — Kawhi Leonard
You will face your greatest opposition when you are closest to your biggest miracle. — Shannon Alder
You have to really believe in what you’re doing and be passionate about it. Passion is what drives you, especially in the face of adversity. — Glen Bell
God will take care of what you go through. You take care of how you go through it. — Zig Ziglar
And once the storm is over, you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won’t even be sure, whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm’s all about. — Haruki Murakami
Cows run away from the storm while the buffalo charges toward it - and gets through it quicker. Whenever I’m confronted with a tough challenge, I do not prolong the torment, I become the buffalo. — Wilma Mankiller
I thank God for my handicaps. For through them, I have found myself, my work and my God. — Helen Keller
When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm’s all about. — Haruki Murakami
Remember, no one has ever achieved anything truly great without going through extreme adversity. — Lewis Howes
If you are unwilling to fight through the worst days of your life, you do not deserve the best days of your life. — Chatri Sityodtong
Real champions fight through adversity. — Conor McGregor
Just growing up and going through life and how tough life was for me and my family, I’m always going to stay humble. — Giannis Antetokounmpo
The Chinese nation is a great nation; it has been through hardships and adversity but remains indomitable. — Xi Jinping
Overcoming Adversity Quotes
One thing about championship teams is that they're resilient. No matter what is thrown at them, no matter how deep the hole, they find a way to bounce back and overcome adversity. — Nick Saban
We must not wish for the disappearance of our troubles but for the grace to transform them. — Simone Weil
The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us — Voltaire
The root of joy is gratefulness...It is not joy that makes us grateful; it is gratitude that makes us joyful. — David Steindl-Rast
In the dark times, if you have something to hold on to, which is yourself, you'll survive. — Whoopi Goldberg
The thing about life is that you must survive. Life is going to be difficult, and dreadful things will happen. What you do is move along, get on with it, and be tough. Not in the sense of being mean to others, but being tough with yourself and making a deadly effort not to be defeated. — Katharine Hepburn
Above all, don’t fear difficult moments. The best comes from them — Rita Levi-Montalcini
If you don't like your situation in life, don't fret or worry--do something about it. Worry less, and act more. — Zig Ziglar
Great men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war. — Seneca
Adversity In Life Quotes
Be calm and strong and patient. Meet failure and disappointment with courage. Rise superior to the trials of life, and never give in to hopelessness or despair. In danger, in adversity, cling to your principles and ideals. Aequanimitas! — William Osler
You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it. — Maya Angelou
A bend in the road is not the end of the road…Unless you fail to make the turn. — Helen Keller
We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey. — Kenji Miyazawa
In the abstract, life is a mixture of chance and choice. Chance can be thought of as the cards you are dealt in life. Choice is how you play them. — Edward O. Thorp
If you can learn to live with indignities in life, you can go far. — Michael J. Massimino
When it comes to how we fare in the marathon of life, effort counts tremendously. — Angela Duckworth
I want Thy plan, O God, for my life. May I be happy and contented whether in the homeland or on the foreign field; whether married or alone, in happiness or sorrow, health or sickness, prosperity or adversity -- I want Thy plan, O God, for my life. I want it; oh, I want it. — Oswald J. Smith
We all get shaped by adversity. All the great things that have happened to me in my life that I consider highly positive… they all started with something highly negative. — Naval Ravikant
This country will not be a good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a good place for all of us to live in. — Theodore Roosevelt
It is the wind and the rain, O God, the cold and the storm that make this earth of yours to blossom and bear its fruit. So in our lives it is storm and stress and hurt and suffering that make real men and women bring the world's work to its highest perfection. — W. E. B. Du Bois
In order to realize the worth of the anchor we need to feel the stress of the storm. — Corrie Ten Boom
The friend in my adversity I shall always cherish most. I can better trust those who helped to relieve the gloom of my dark hours than those who are so ready to enjoy with me the sunshine of my prosperity. — Ulysses S. Grant
I think very fundamentally to being Libertarian is not having a social agenda. I accept who you are and the life that you live as long as your life does not adversely affect mine. — Gary Johnson
Do not be afraid of your difficulties.Do not wish you could be in other circumstances than you are. For when you have made the best of an adversity, it becomes the stepping stone to a splendid opportunity. — H. P. Blavatsky
Adversity and challenges are life’s way of creating strength. Adversity creates challenge, and challenge creates change, and change is absolutely necessary for growth. If there is no change and challenge, there can be no growth and development. — Willie Jolley
What separates those who go under and those who rise above adversity is the strength of their will and their hunger for power. — 50 Cent
It takes strength and courage to eliminate the bad apples from your life, but it is necessary so that you can unleash your potential. — Chatri Sityodtong
I think the key to success is vision that adjusts on the way, but doesn’t at all falter. It’s about not compromising and following your gut to a certain degree, based on knowledge, instinct, etc. And not listening to the naysayers.... You develop strength through adversity. You have to keep moving towards your goal through huge obstacles. — Millard Drexler
The human spirit is as expansive as the cosmos. This is why it is so tragic to belittle yourself or to question your worth. No matter what happens, continue to push back the boundaries of your inner life. The confidence to prevail over any problem, the strength to overcome adversity and unbounded hope — all reside within you. — Daisaku Ikeda
There are uses to adversity, and they don't reveal themselves until tested. Whether it's serious illness, financial hardship, or the simple constraint of parents who speak limited English, difficulty can tap unexpected strengths. — Sonia Sotomayor
It is the business of little minds to shrink. — Carl Sandburg
If it is true that strength is the child of effort and pain, then most of us will have the opportunity to learn strength. . . . Effort is standing up to the storm. Pain comes from enduring the worst the storm can throw at us. But then so does strength. — Joseph M. Marshall III
When our burdens are grievous to be borne, when we face a world in which it seems that there is only struggle and no rest, I hope we can remember the immense strength of our sisterhood, the reservoirs that we have within us, and the unfailing wellspring of the Savior’s love for us, even in the midst of adversity. — Sayings
Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. — Norman Vincent Peale
It's the easiest thing in the world for a man to deceive himself. — Benjamin Franklin
Depth and strength of a human character are defined by its moral reserves. — Leonardo da Vinci
The word 'resilience,' in our American culture is closely aligned with 'grit,' and that word implies a certain moral fiber that says you can survive and thrive in any adversity, because you are strong - but that message of strength is both disqualifying and problematic. — James Redford
Harry Potter is about confronting fears, finding inner strength and doing what is right in the face of adversity. Twilight is about how important it is to have a boyfriend. — Stephen King
Passion is the great slayer of adversity. Focus on strengths and what you enjoy. — Charles R. Schwab
Sometimes in life, things happen that will knock you back. Hell, you may get beaten to your knees but you must never ALLOW this world to knock you down! Conjure up all the strength you have and drive through whatever it is keeping you on your knees. Build up the strength and your knees may never buckle again! — Adam Johnson
Where the vivacity of the intellect and the strength of the passions exceed the development of the moral faculties the character is likely to be embittered or corrupted by extremes, either of adversity or prosperity. — Anna Brownell Jameson
Ask God to give you the strength to endure, and rest assured, He will take care of you. — Joel Osteen
What makes a hero? Courage, strength, morality, withstanding adversity? Are these the traits that truly show and create a hero? Is the light truly the source of darkness or vice versa? Is the soul a source of hope or despair? Who are these so called heroes and where do they come from? Are their origins in obscurity or in plain sight? — Fyodor Dostoevsky
Something called 'the Oklahoma Standard' became known throughout the world. It means resilience in the face of adversity. It means a strength and compassion that will not be defeated. — Brad Henry
We are stronger than we think. We have emotional, spiritual and even physical resources at our disposal. We may get knocked down, but we don't have to stay down. — Steve Goodier
If we are right with the Lord, then, as we face adversity, we can be assured that we will be blessed with faith, strength, wisdom and help from others, not only to overcome, but to learn and to grow from those experiences. — Ronald E. Poelman
Acting is a lifelong love affair, and I am passionate and respect my craft to the utmost degree, which gives me the strength to move on from adversity in my work. — Sebastian Roche
Books are delightful when prosperity happily smiles; when adversity threatens, they are inseparable comforters. They give strength to human compacts, nor are grave opinions brought forward without books. Arts and sciences, the benefits of which no mind can calculate. depend upon books. — Bill Vaughan
The knowledge that you have emerged wiser and stronger from setbacks means that you are, ever after, secure in your ability to survive. You will never truly know yourself, or the strength of your relationships, until both have been tested by adversity. Such knowledge is a true gift, for all that it is painfully won, and it has been worth more than any qualification I ever earned. — J. K. Rowling
Chronicle Books is a wonderful book company. I love how everything represents who I am. The Diva Rules! is not an autobiography in the sense that I am talking about my life but more about my journey as to where I am now. People told me I would never make it. I was staring in the face of adversity and did it anyway. I chronicle it through the years. It is about finding your strength. — Michelle Visage
True strength is shown by the person who remains humble, quiet, & positive throughout all adversity and maintains their path towards success. — Behdad Sami
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