50 MOTIVATING ADVERSITY QUOTES
“Sometimes adversity is what you need to face in order to become successful.” – Zig Ziglar
“There is no education like adversity.” – Benjamin Disraeli
“Turn your wounds into wisdom.” – Oprah Winfrey
“You should never view your challenges as a disadvantage. Instead, it’s important for you to understand that your experience facing and overcoming adversity is actually one of your biggest advantages.” – Michelle Obama
“There is no better than adversity. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance the next time.” – Malcolm X
“You know, you have to have some inner philosophy to deal with adversity.” – Kirk Douglas
“Show me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I’ll show you someone who has overcome adversity.” – Lou Holtz
“As a lifelong practitioner of martial arts, I’m trained to remain calm in the face of adversity and danger.”- Steven Seagal
There is always going to be bumps in the road. There's always going to be this and that, adversity. You just overcome it. It's what I've done all my life.
“We’ve all got different ways to deal with adversity as pros, but if you want it and you want to be great, you’ve got to make it happen and fight through it.” – Tristan Thompson
“Everybody suffers through some type of adversity. Does it make you stronger or does it pull you down? And I never will let any of that pull me down or pull me away from what I’ve set to achieve.”- Donovan McNabb
“Ones best success comes after their greatest disappointments.” – Henry Ward Beecher
“Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny.” – C.S. Lewis
“The flower that blooms in adversity is the rarest and most beautiful of all.” – Walt Disney Company, Mulan
“Our most significant opportunities will be found in times of greatest difficulty.” – Thomas S. Monson
“Nobody is exempt from the trials of life, but everyone can always find something positive in everything even in the worst of times.” – Roy T. Bennett
My true potiential had more to do with my willingness to struggle then with my past and present circumstances.
“The roughest roads often lead to the top.” – Christina Aguilera
“Extraordinary people survive under the most terrible circumstances and they become more extraordinary because of it.” – Robertson Davies
“Finding the lesson behind every adversity will be the one important thing that helps get you through it.” – Roy T. Bennett
“Thunderstorms are as much our friends as the sunshine.”- Criss Jami
“All events are blessings given to us to learn from.” – Elizabeth Kubler-Ross
“A happy life consists not in the absence, but in the mastery of hardships.” – Helen Keller
“Affliction is a good man’s shining time.” – Edward Young
“Misfortunes make us wise” – Mary Norton
“Every adversity brings new experiences and new lessons.” – Lailah Gifty Akita
“It’s the darkness that enhances the value of light, your success is defined by how you shine in adversity.” – Dr. Prem Jagyasi
"Between adversity and our response is a space. In that space are the power and freedom to choose to crumble, or to elevate both ourselves and others, as these two authors do by sharing their work with us."
“Do not let the adversity dominate you so much that it kills your dreams.” – Nitin Namdeo
“The eagle has no fear of adversity. We need to be like the eagle and have a fearless spirit of a conqueror.” – Joyce Meyer
“The best stories are those that detail triumph over adversity.” – Steven Magee
“My heart has been purified in the crucible of adversity.” – Jean Jacques Rousseau
“The wisest among us – the genuine leaders – smile in the face of adversity.” Robin Sharma
“It is inevitable that you will encounter adversities and setbacks when you pursue your goals. The question is, how will the adversities and setbacks affect you?” – Sam Silverstein
“We may face many defeats and adversities in life. But we can never ever give up on our dreams and goals in life. And finally one day victory will be ours!” – Avijeet Das
“Let’s face it. You become a deeper person amidst adversity. You become a more perceptive, strong, resilient person when life is not handed to you on a silver platter held by a butler.” – Cathy Lamb
“Adversity does more than build character. It changes the way we see the world.” – Michael French
“I really believe in the old expression that what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. It’s through adversity that you find the strength you never knew you had.”– Christie Brinkley
“The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.” – Molière
“One who conquers the sea today is ready to conquer the ocean tomorrow.”– Matshona Dhliwayo
“When adversity strikes, that’s when you have to be the most calm. Take a step back, stay strong, stay grounded and press on.” – LL Cool J