Quotes about Adversity

The poet and the politician have this in common: their greatness depends on the courage with which they face the challenges of life.

You may feel singled out when adversity enters your life. You shake your head and wonder, 'Why me?'

As with the butterfly, adversity is necessary to build character in people. As you overcome adversity in your life, you will become stronger.

If you can't learn to enjoy your life when you have problems, you may never enjoy it because we'll always have problems.

Everyone goes through a hard time in their life.

Faith is learned through life.

The point is the love story. We live in a love story in the midst of war.

Israel was not created in order to disappear - Israel will endure and flourish. It is the child of hope and the home of the brave. It can neither be broken by adversity nor demoralized by success. It carries the shield of democracy and it honors the sword of freedom.

The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word 'crisis.' One brush stroke stands for danger; the other for opportunity. In a crisis, be aware of the danger--but recognize the opportunity.

Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men. [Quoting Reverend Phillips Brooks, during Remarks at Presidential Prayer Breakfast, February 7 1963]

I am in that temper that if I were under water I would scarcely kick to come to the top.

Whatever gets you through the night is all right.