Quotes about Adversity

Anyone who leads an upright life and experiences real difficulty and disappointment and yet is not crushed by them is worth more than one for whom everything has always been plain sailing and who has known nothing but relative prosperity"_Page.52

Personally I believe that the adversities one meets with in the ordinary course of life do us as much good as harm. The very complaint that makes one ill today, overwhelming one with discouragement, that same thing - once the disease has passed off - gives us the energy to get up and to want to be completely recovered tomorrow.

Normality is a paved road: It's comfortable to walk, but no flowers grow on it.

Circumstances hell! I make circumstances!

I always liked to chase the girls. Parkinson's stops all that. Now I might have a chance to go to heaven.

The testing process usually happens when we least expect it, thereby catching you off guard and giving you no chance to display anything by your real personality.

Every challenge is nothing more than a chance to make things better.

You can't lose confidence in yourself, or you've lost already. When you get knocked down, you've got to keep getting back up.

You do not need to let anything get you down, but if you are down you certainly need not let anything keep you down.

Each time we face our fear, we gain strength, courage, and confidence in the doing.

Sometimes you succeed.... and other times you learn.

Even in a world that's being shipwrecked, remain brave and strong.