Quotes about Adversity
There's only one story, the story of your life.
- Helen Keller
One of the advantages of having lived a long time is that you can often remember when you had it worse. I am grateful to have lived long enough to have known some of the blessings of adversity.
- James Faust
You can become all God created you to be even if you've had difficulties, even if you weren't born into a good, loving family, God still has a plan for your life.
- Joel Osteen
Everybody is going to have their critics. It's easy to get discouraged in life.
- Joel Osteen
Life is 10% of what happens to us and 90% of how we react to it
- John Maxwell
Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but of playing a poor hand well.
- Robert Louis Stevenson
My expectations were reduced to zero when I was 21. Everything since then has been a b
- Stephen Hawking
It is desirable that a man live in all respects so simply and preparedly that if an enemy take the town... he can walk out the gate empty-handed and without anxiety.
- Henry David Thoreau
Even when life challenges us, it's a gift beyond all measure.
- Parker Palmer
Maturity' really means: being very unsurprised by, and calm around, pain and disappointment.
- Alain de Botton
One friend in a storm is worth more than a thousand friends in sunshine.
- Matshona Dhliwayo
If seeds saw dirt as their enemy, they would lose out on the opportunity to grow.
- Matshona Dhliwayo