Quotes about Adversity
You're crying? I'm a woman of the desert, she said, averting her face. But above all, I'm a woman.
- Paulo Coelho
Basically, everything that happens in our life is our fault and ours alone. A lot of people go through the same difficulties we went through, and they react completely differently. We looked for the easiest way out: a separate reality
- Paulo Coelho
Sometimes, certain of God's blessings arrive by shattering all the windows.
- Paulo Coelho
Thou art beaten that thou mayest be better.
- John Bunyan
It isn't what happens to us that causes us to suffer; it's what we say to ourselves about what happens.
- Pema Chodron
A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties.
- Harry S. Truman
Stormy or sunny days, glorious or lonely nights, I maintain an attitude of gratitude.
- Maya Angelou
Do you know why that cow looks over that wall? She looks over the wall because she cannot see through it, and that is what you must do with your troubles... Look over and above them.
- John Wesley
The one thing you can't take away from me is the way I choose to respond to what you do to me. The last of one's freedoms is to choose ones attitude in any given circumstance.
- Viktor E. Frankl
Your attitude towards problems, difficulties, and adversities is the most important factor in overcoming them.
- Napoleon Hill
The big question isn't whether you have problems; the all-important factor is your attitude toward problems. How you think of the problem is more important than the problem itself.
- Norman Vincent Peale
I may have absolutely no control over what happens to us, but we can control how we respond. If we choose the right attitude, we can rise above whatever challenges we face.
- Nick Vujicic