Quotes about Adversity

You will never get to the point that you no longer make mistakes, that you no longer fail. But that's okay.

make the most of the difficult situation of working for a bad boss, learn to think like a leader yourself. Think people, think progress, and think intangibles.

Crisis doesn't necessarily make character, but it certainly does reveal it. Adversity

Poet Lord Byron was right when he stated, "Adversity is the first path to truth.

Failure results from bad breaks.

The common experiences you share with others don't have to be that dramatic (although adversity definitely brings people together). Anything you experience together that creates a common history helps to connect you to others.

Failure is inevitable; learning is optional

The only person who avoids failure altogether is the person who never leaves her driveway. So the real issue is not whether you're going to fail. It's whether you're going to fail successfully (profiting from your failure).

Crisis doesn't necessarily make character, but it certainly does reveal it.

Livingstone replied, "If you have men who will come only if they know there is a good road, I don't want them. I want men who will come even if there is no road at all." That's what top leaders want from the people working for them: they want individuals who are willing to do what others won't.

know this: though not everything that we face can be changed, nothing can be changed until we face it.

Get a new definition of failure. Regard it as the price you pay for progress. If you can do that, you will put yourself in a much better position to fail forward.