Adversity Quotes

"Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced."

"It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters."

"The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way."

"Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body."

"The obstacle in the path becomes the path. Never forget, within every obstacle is an opportunity to improve our condition."

"Rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life."

"Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never—in nothing, great or small, large or petty—never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense."

"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."

"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy."

"When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it."

"The best way out is always through."

"Every problem is a gift—without problems we would not grow."

"Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."

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

"When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves."

"God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscience, but shouts in our pains: it is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world."

"She stood in the storm and when the wind did not blow her way, she adjusted her sails."

"Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit."

"All the adversity I've had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me. You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you."

"I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed."

"So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself—nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance."

"Stumbling is not falling."

"The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places."

"I have felt that I was being transformed, and I have felt that I was turning wounds into wisdom."

"The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly."

"You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.'"

"If there is no struggle, there is no progress."

"There is no good or bad without us, there is only perception. There is the event itself and the story we tell ourselves about what it means."

"Our strength grows out of our weakness."

"New beginnings are often disguised as painful endings."

"In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity."

"That which does not kill us makes us stronger."

"Resilience is the speed and strength of your response to adversity."