Overcoming Adversity Quotes

Only the harshest personal experiences open our eyes to the immaculate possibilities and the splendor of our world. ~ Kilroy J. Oldster

Stop telling it like it is and start telling it like you WANT it to be! ~ Esther Hicks

Comfort and prosperity have never enriched the world as much as adversity has. ~ Billy Graham

You do not continue to sit on thorns that continue to prickle you. If the prickling continues, ponder and continue ~ Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

Whether we're overcoming adversity, surviving trauma, or dealing with stress and anxiety, having a sense of purpose, meaning, and perspective in our lives allows us to develop understanding and move forward. Without purpose, meaning, and perspective, it is easy to lose hope, numb our emotions, or become overwhelmed by our circumstances. We feel reduced, less capable, and lost in the face of struggle. The heart of spirituality is connection. When we believe in that inextricable connection, we don't feel alone. ~ Brene Brown

The music of hope is everywhere, but to hear it, you need to ignore the muddy jangle of life's hassles. ~ Christine M. Knight

Use what you've been through as fuel, believe in yourself and be unstoppable! ~ Yvonne Pierre

Those who have succeeded have also had the ability to overcome adversity, disappointment, and even tragedy in their lives. ~ LaVell Edwards

The person who failed often knows how to avoid future failures. The person who knows only success can be more oblivious to all the pitfalls. ~ Randy Pausch

When you decide to reclaim your personal power you'll be talked about... told that you've changed, that you've somehow "lost the plot" or that you think you're better than others; but, that's just human nature. Your job is to realize that negative comments and "backhanded compliments" say more about the person speaking them, than about who you are. When people label you, they're seeking to define you... you're above all that. ~ Kianu Starr

The happiest of endings begin with a struggle so embrace yours ~ Nomzamo Nhlumayo

Future dreams distract you from present nightmares. ~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Don't let the situation say stop to your true purpose;say stop to the situation. Situations are situations and you are you ~ Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

You see, Christ's purpose can't be derailed by your limitations or troubles. Your difficulties will not trip Him up or cause Him delays. Painful trials, which may bring you to your knees will not baffle our Creator. He has a God-sized dream waiting for you to accomplish. His majestic plan is sovereign. Ultimately, He could use anything to graciously lead you to victory. ~ Dana Arcuri

Life tried to crush her, but only succeeded in creating a diamond. ~ John Mark Green

Fresh activity is the only means of overcoming adversity. ~ Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Wealth comes and goes, Rahul. Coming from adversity and overcoming it makes you better not worse than those who never have to. ~ Sonali Dev

It is in the darkest hour that a star reveals its brightest light. ~ Matshona Dhliwayo

The most vibrant of flowers often come from the filthiest of soils. ~ Zack W. Van

You can sit there forever, lamenting about how bad you've been, feeling guilty until you die, and not one tiny slice of that guilt will do anything to change a single thing in the past. Forgive yourself, then MOVE ON! ~ Wayne Dyer

Behind every dark cloud there is an every-shining sun. Just wait. In time, the cloud will pass. ~ Marianne Williamson

In adversity remember to keep an even mind. ~ Horace

Your greatest successes come from overcoming your greatest losses. ~ Matshona Dhliwayo

It's not enough to step in front of people's bullets; you have to be bulletproof too. You have to be harder than anything anyone else can throw at you, and sometimes you risk losing yourself just trying to save yourself. ~ Anthony Breznican

Overcoming adversity puts you among the bravest, overcoming pain puts you among the strongest; overcoming opponents puts you among the mightiest, but overcoming yourself puts you among the greatest. ~ Matshona Dhliwayo

My mother is my hero just because, what life becomes about is overcoming adversity, and I watched her overcome so many things in life but still able to smile. See it's one thing to overcome adversity and to be scarred and to carry that with you but when you have somebody overcomes adversity and they're still able to smile that's something else. That's true strength. ~ Rashad Evans

The core of a soldier is moral discipline. It is intertwined with the discipline of physical and mental achievement. It motivates doing on your own what is right without prodding. It is an inner critic that refuses to tolerate less than your best. Total discipline overcomes adversity and physical stamina draws on an inner strength that says "drive on". ~ William G. Bainbridge

But if a person hasn't ever experienced true despair, she grows old never knowing how to evaluate where she is in life; never understanding what joy really is. I'm grateful for it. ~ Banana Yoshimoto

If you don't like your situation in life, don't fret or worry
do something about it. Worry less, and act more. ~ Zig Ziglar

The darkest hour has only sixty minutes. ~ Morris Mandel

(I)f you do not believe that hearts can bloom suddenly bigger, and that love can open like a flower out of even the hardest places, then I am afraid that for you the road will be long and brown and barren, and you will have trouble finding the light.
But if you do believe, then you already know all about magic. ~ Lauren Oliver

Life is all about learning and one of the most memorable ways of learning something is by messing up. ~ Wayne Dyer

Hang on to your hat. Hang on to your hope. And wind the clock, for tomorrow is another day. ~ E.B. White

Without failing at one thing, there won't be an opportunity to try again, learn and grow. Life isn't static but dynamic. Learn to embrace whatever situation you may face and strive to overcome. Believe in yourself, knowing your best is yet to come. ~ Kemi Sogunle

The thing about life is that you must survive. Life is going to be difficult, and dreadful things will happen. What you do is move along, get on with it, and be tough. Not in the sense of being mean to others, but being tough with yourself and making a deadly effort not to be defeated. ~ Katharine Hepburn

Too many parents make life hard for their children by trying, too zealously, to make it easy for them. ~ Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

The measure of human character is our reaction to dark times. No one can sidestep darkness. It is the throne upon which light sits. If a soul has not known sadness and struggle, there is no chance of overcoming, no cherishing the dawn. ~ David Wolpe

Our confident hope is our great trust in God. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

We develop our character muscles by overcoming challenges and obstacles. ~ Stephen Covey

I try to keep the happy memories. If that's what you call selective memories, I'm good with that. ~ Nicole Williams

You find out your mistakes from an audience that pays admission. ~ Edgar Bergen

Overall the theme is about never giving in ... not letting anyone tell you what to do or take anything away from you. Always being yourself, whatever that may be. The content obviously takes a darker and romantic approach to relationships about love and loss, as well as overcoming adversity in everyday life. Generally, just being tough and standing up for what you believe. ~ Ashley Purdy

She allowed herself the luxury of a good cry, figuring that her tears were mingling with the downpour to soak into the soil. It was relief. It was joy. It was the knowledge that she had overcome, and it spilled out with her tears onto the ground that she had toiled with, to become a part of the crop she had planted with her own hands. It had sought to defeat her, and she had prevailed. Now, she was permanently a part of it. ~ Tracy Winegar

Our experiences always teach us something. If the experience is "bad", then the lesson is even more powerful and meaningful. Every unfortunate incident makes us stronger and better equipped to handle new challenges. ~ Miya Yamanouchi

When you anticipate adversity, you can then plan for adversity. You may never gain control of it, but you can keep it from controlling you. ~ T Jay Taylor

We spend 8 hours a day, for 10 months a year, for nearly 17 years sending our kids to school to prepare them for life.
In all of that time there is never a course in overcoming adversity, goal setting, sacrifice, perseverance, teammates, or family.
I guess that's what wrestling is for. ~ JohnA Passaro

We have so much more power than we allow ourselves to think. Create the life you want! ~ Neal Katz

How soon do you think it is? Time will tell me. When it's autumn, the leaves fall. When the time comes, I'll know it.
[Responding to a question about when he will start throwing his slider in his attempt to comeback from a career-ending stroke.] ~ J.R. Richard

Light in your soul conquers the darkness in your world. ~ Matshona Dhliwayo

The trick to great romance is in overcoming adversity. In realizing that love is worth some uphill climbs. ~ Sarah MacLean

I can't cry so I have to laugh. ~ Maria Nhambu

Strength doesn't come from what you can do. It comes from overcoming the things you once thought you couldn't. ~ Rikki Rogers

The people who best use their advantages, or overcome adversity, and work honestly are those most worthy of admiration. ~ Ben Bernanke

Accept that not everyone will understand you... every soul has a unique signature. It's okay to be temporarily accommodating in situations where you're being helpful and extending kindness and compassion, but you shouldn't change who you are. Live authentically, don't dumb down or dull your shine just to "fit in" or "get along" with anyone, including friends and even family you've outgrown. ~ Kianu Starr

We must not wish for the disappearance of our troubles but for the grace to transform them. ~ Simone Weil

Don't run from your weakness, you will only give it strength. ~ Stephen Richards

Sometimes singed wings will fly with greater purpose. ~ Tom Althouse

There is no doubt that life is given us, not to be enjoyed, but to be overcome; to be got over. ~ Arthur Schopenhauer

The human spirit is as expansive as the cosmos. This is why it is so tragic to belittle yourself or to question your worth. No matter what happens, continue to push back the boundaries of your inner life. The confidence to prevail over any problem, the strength to overcome adversity and unbounded hope - all reside within you. ~ Daisaku Ikeda

We talk about mental toughness all the time. That's the biggest thing good teams have, that they can overcome adversity. ~ Bryan Murray

The course of true anything never does run smooth. ~ Samuel Butler

Remorse sleeps during prosperity but awakes bitter consciousness during adversity. ~ Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Every challenge of the human self expands the divinity of the higher self. ~ Anthon St. Maarten

Miracles arise from conviction. Be convicted about these things: Miracles can happen. Miracles do happen. Love makes them happen. ~ Marianne Williamson

Beta Male gene has survived not by meeting and overcoming adversity, but by anticipating and avoiding it. ~ Christopher Moore

Pain exposes what you can do. Pleasure declares who you are. ~ Matshona Dhliwayo

You are stronger than your challenges and your challenges are making you stronger. ~ Karen Salmansohn

Just because a person successfully steers a voyage through hell doesn't mean he ever wants to sail that route again. ~ Richelle E. Goodrich

You become a champion by fighting one more round. When things are tough, you fight one more round. ~ James J. Corbett

God will not allow you to add the words "next time" to now faith. ~ Johnnie Dent Jr.

I am not perfect and I don't pretend to be. My brand is about dealing with life after it happens and not sugar coating the fact that I'm a human who makes mistakes. ~ Isha Johnson

Was it possible I'd labeled him incorrectly? Shallow jocks
didn't overcome adversity and accomplish the things Leif had. I'd labeled him, not even knowing him. Just because girls went gaga over him and
every boy wanted to be him didn't make him a jerk. The only jerk in the room happened to be the judgmental, elitist female. Me. ~ Abbi Glines

We turn to God for help when our foundations are shaking, only to learn that it is God who is shaking them. ~ C. West Churchman

Most of all, learning to fail well means overcoming our natural instincts to blame someone - maybe ourselves - whenever something goes wrong. ~ Megan McArdle

May you find the courage to rise above any circumstance. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

When difficulties seem insurmountable, optimists react in a more constructive and creative way. They accept the facts with realism, know how to rapidly identify the positive in adversity, draw lessons from it, and come up with an alternative solution or turn to a new project. Pessimists would rather turn away from the problem or adopt escapist strategies - sleep, isolation, drug or alcohol abuse - that diminish their focus on the problem.9 Instead of confronting them with resolve, they prefer to brood over their misfortunes, nurture illusions, dream up "magic" solutions, and accuse the whole world of being against them. They have a hard time drawing lessons from the past, which often leads to the repetition of their problems. They are more fatalistic ("I told you it wouldn't work. It's always the same, no matter what I do") and are quick to see themselves as "mere pawns in the game of life. ~ Matthieu Ricard

Gain strength through adversity…! ~ James A. Murphy

The human race has had long experience and a fine tradition in surviving adversity. But we now face a task for which we have little experience, the task of surviving prosperity. ~ Alan Gregg

PRO24.10 If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small. ~ Anonymous

I have to face the fear. I have to take control of the situation and find a way to make it less frightening. ~ Veronica Roth

Sometimes it feels as if God set you on Earth with a bottle full of nasty-tasting pills called days and these instructions: Swallow one at a time. When entire prescription is finished, you may return home. ~ Richelle E. Goodrich

The successful have the courage to walk each day toward something;only after coming through something. ~ Johnnie Dent Jr.

Just like the rose holds her beauty among the thorns- we can gather our strength from the most unlikely places. ~ Christine Evangelou

Problems are providence in disguise. All things good and bad, problematic and praise worthy are providential-God conceived, sustaining and guiding. With the right perspective, patience, hard work and hindsight, we can push through, beyond our pain, to a place of realization... that our troubles are simply part of the hands of the Potter who molds the very essence of our human spirit. As long as we breathe, we will be shaped by our problems but it's our response that truly defines us. ~Jason Versey ~ Jason Versey

Anyone who has lived through it, or those who are now living through it, knows that caring about an addict is as complex and fraught and debilitating as addiction itself. ~ David Sheff

Nothing is likely to help a person overcome or endure troubles than the consciousness of having a task in life. ~ Viktor E. Frankl

Divinity means unfolding and expressing life in new ways. Divinity means radiating peace, bliss and beauty in the world. Divinity means overcoming the limitations of nature in new ways. ~ Amit Ray

I realized once again that what I believed myself to be was an arbitrary deformation, a rational mask floating in the infinite unexplored internal shadows. Later, I understood that diseases do not actually sicken us; they sicken what we believe ourselves to be. Health is achieved by overcoming prohibitions, quitting paths that are not right for us, ceasing to pursue imposed ideals, and becoming ourselves: the impersonal consciousness that does not define itself. ~ Alejandro Jodorowsky

The medicine to fear, these days, is a dose of reality! Because these days the reality is far worse than the disembodiment of the ideal. People today are afraid of the disembodiment of the ideal, because they think the ideal is the reality. A rabbit that does not know it lives in the ground with snakes, is constantly afraid of the sea hawk possibly finding its way to land, to destroy the rabbit's meadowy existence. In the meadow, living in fear of the sea hawk, not knowing the hole in the ground next to its burrow belongs to a snake. I show the rabbit where the snakes are, thus eliminating its hazardous fear. Misplaced fear is hazardous fear. Fear well placed is a skill for survival. ~ C. JoyBell C.

What such a man needs is not courage but nerve control, cool headedness. This he can get only by practice. - THEODORE ROOSEVELT ~ Ryan Holiday

Chosing to stay in the moment, is choosing to be free from fear. ~ Dean Frazer

The important thing is to keep the fire in your heart and be strong to overcome hard moments. ~ Paulo Coelho

Then know, that I have little wealth to lose. A man I am, crossed with adversity; My riches are these poor habiliments, Of which if you should here disfurnish me, You take the sum and substance that I have. ~ William Shakespeare

Every religion holds forth the promise of either defeating time, escaping time, overcoming time, reissuing time, or denying time altogether. We use our religions as vehicles to enter the state of nirvana, the heavenly kingdom, or the promised land. We come to believe in reincarnation, rebirth, and resurrection as ways of avoiding the inevitability of biological death. ~ Jeremy Rifkin

The faithful man perceives nothing less than opportunity in difficulties. Flowing through his spine, faith and courage work together: Such a man does not fear losing his life, thus he will risk losing it at times in order to empower it. By this he actually values his life more than the man who fears losing his life. It is much like leaping from a window in order to avoid a fire yet in that most crucial moment knowing that God will appear to catch you. ~ Criss Jami

Adversity will surface in every life. How we meet it makes the difference. ~ Marvin J. Ashton

Grace is that ability; to face adversity and be at ease, to enter into the suffering world and help others without losing yourself in the process. It is to be true to your most essential nature, and produce something good from that. To have grace is as close as we may come to perfection. ~ Christopher Daniel Mechling

Friendship makes prosperity more brilliant, and lightens adversity by dividing and sharing it. ~ Marcus Tullius Cicero

If you are deaf, you need captions for spoken elements. If you are blind, you need voiced descriptions of Web contents and spoken renderings of e-mail. The range of physical disabilities is very large, and we need many different tools to overcome the consequential barriers to Internet use. Let us commit ourselves to truly assuring that the Internet really is for everyone. ~ Vinton Cerf

I enjoy the times of plenteous and endure the times of scarceness. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita