Quotes about Adversity

When something bad happens you have three choices. You can either let it define you, let is destroy you, or you can let it strengthen you.

And I learned that are troubles Of more than one kind Some come from ahead And some come from behind.

All Alone! Whether you like it or not, Alone will be something you'll be quite a lot. And when you're alone, there's a very good chance you'll meet things that scare you right out of your pants. There are some, down the road between hither and yon, that can scare you so much you won't want to go on.

A life with love will have some thorns, but a life without love will have no roses. —Dr. Seuss" ? Ellery Adams, The Vanishing Type

You can't live your life blaming your failures on your parents and what they did or didn't do for you. You're dealt the cards that you're dealt. I realised it was a waste of time to be angry at my parents and feel sorry for myself.

I'm not insecure. I've been through way too much f**king sh*t to be insecure. I've got huge balls. But I've been humbled. That makes you grateful for every day you have.

The next morning, walking about the charred embers of so many of his hopes and dreams, the sixty-seven-year-old Edison said, "There is great value in disaster. All our mistakes are burned up. Thank God we can start anew."

We can stand affliction better than we can prosperity, for in prosperity we forget God.

Our trials are supposed to turn us toward God, but we whine and complain and wish someone would turn down the fire so we could have our old life back the way it was.

God won't allow anything happen in your life if it's not for your good.

You're going to go through tough times - that's life. But I say, 'Nothing happens to you, it happens for you.' See the positive in negative events.

Problems are the gifts that make us dig out and figure out who we are, what we're made for, and what we're responsible to give back to life.