Quotes about Adversity
Troubles are often the tools God fashions us for better things.
- Henry Ward Beecher
When life knocks you down, try to land on your back. Because if you can look up, you can get up. Let your reason get you back up.
- Les Brown
Just because Fate doesn?t deal you the right cards, it doesn?t mean you should give up. It just means you have to play the cards you get to their maximum potential.
- Les Brown
When life knocks you down, try to land on your back. Because if you can look up, you can get up.
- Les Brown
Our ability to handle life's challenges is a measure of our strength of character.
- Les Brown
I believe that life is a journey, often difficult and sometimes incredibly cruel, but we are well equipped for it only we tap into our talents and gifts and allow them to blossom.
- Les Brown
Tough times don't last, tough people do."
- Les Brown
Trials teach us what we are; they dig up the soil, and let us see what we are made of.
- Charles Spurgeon
Those who tread among serpents, and along a tortuous path, must use the cunning of the serpent.
- Thomas Becket
Bullies want to abuse you. Instead of allowing that, you can use them as your personal motivators. Power up and let the bully eat your dust.
- Nick Vujicic
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
Despite their poverty, their tragic pasts, their own sorrows, they stood before her in strength and spoke with a wisdom that defied their circumstances.
- Janette Oke