Quotes about Adversity

When life puts you through a tumbler, it's your choice whether you come out polished or crushed.

That's the story of my life; I always get the fuzzy end of the lollipop.

Life is 10 percent what happens to you and 90 percent how you respond to it.

Remember the saying, What doesn't kill you, makes you stronger? It's true!

We should not moor a ship with one anchor, or our life with one hope.

Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundation of America. These acts shatter steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve.

My main ambition in life is to be on the Devil's most wanted list.

To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind, and sometimes against it. But we must not drift or lie at anchor.

He that struggles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.

The school of life offers some difficult courses, but it is in the difficult class that one learns the most.

you have to be willing to fall down, get up, look stupid, cry, laugh, make a mess, clean it up and not stop until you get there. No matter what.

Finding the good and the lessons in things allows us to move through them and on to new experiences. If you wanna stay stuck in the same place and keep getting spanked with the same lessons over and over, be negative, resentful, and victimized. If you want to get over your issues and rock your life, be grateful, look for the good and learn.