Quotes about Adversity
Turn your stumbling blocks into stepping stones.
- Anonymous
To have courage for whatever comes in life - everything lies in that.
- Teresa of Avila
He who is shipwrecked twice is foolish to blame the sea.
- Publilius Syrus
It is defeat that turns bone to flint; it is defeat that turns gristle to muscle; it is defeat that makes men invincible. Do not then be afraid of defeat. You are never so near to victory as when defeated in a good cause.
- Henry Ward Beecher
Prosperity makes friends and adversity tries tliem.
- Anonymous
People will try to pull you down, but you need to fight the negativity in your life. It's always good to stay positive and think positive.
- Vivek Oberoi
Our cellar home had a kitchen and a combination bedroom and half bath, which meant we had a sink next to the bed. We had no refrigerator, no shower or tub, and no privacy. My parents shared the bedroom with my sister and me.
- Lou Holtz
We should not seek to tune out the realists' whines or taunts, as they may provide good instruction.
- Brendon Burchard
Endurance is not just the ability to bear a hard thing, but to turn it into glory.
- William Barclay
You have to turn the lemons life gives you into lemonade, and you have to take time to sit back and enjoy it.
- Jon Jones
Sin is protean. It is a cancer that keeps mutating, and just when you think you have killed off one form, it turns out a deadlier strain yet is threatening your heart.
- John Ortberg
People want you to fail.
- Lady Gaga