Quotes about Adversity
The path of progress is seldom smooth. New things are often found hard to do. Our fathers found them so. We find them so. But are we not made better for the effort and scarifice?
- William McKinley
I do believe, as my father once said, that "No matter how hard the loss, defeat might serve as well as victory to shake the soul and let the glory out."
- Al Gore
I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.
- Nelson Mandela
No challenge can stop you if you have the courage to keep moving forward in the face of your greatest fears and biggest challenges. Be courageous.
- Jon Gordon
Having courage does not mean that we are unafraid. Having courage and showing courage mean we face our fears. We are able to say, 'I have fallen, but I will get up.'
- Maya Angelou
We have lived through fear all our lives, and when you have gone through a whole lot of fear, sometimes all you can do is resist the fear, and resistance comes in the form of courage.
- Leymah Gbowee
Courage is more exhilarating than fear, and in the long run, it is easier.
- Eleanor Roosevelt
Pain is Pain. Broken is Broken. FEAR is the Biggest Disability of all. And will PARALYZE you More Than Being in a Wheelchair.
- Nick Vujicic
Successful people have a bigger fear of failure than people who've never done anything because if you haven't been successful, then you don't know how it feels to lose it all.
- Jay-Z
Successful people don't fear failure, but understand that it's necessary to learn and grow from.
- Robert Kiyosaki
Fear is a bigger disability than having no arms and no legs.
- Nick Vujicic
If leaders don't have an antidote for fear they will be crushed by it. What is your antidote?
- Bill Hybels