When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.
Being a successful person is not necessarily defined by what you have achieved, but by what you have overcome.
Nothing is permanent in this wicked world - not even our troubles.
Adversity introduces a man to himself.
Emergencies have always been necessary to progress. It was darkness which produced the lamp. It was fog that produced the compass. It was hunger that drove us to exploration. And it took a depression to teach us the real value of a job.
Don’t depend too much on anyone in this world because even your own shadow leaves you when you are in darkness.
And once the storm is over, you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won’t even be sure, whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm’s all about.
I need people who look at adversity as a challenge and failure as a learning opportunity.
Good actions are a guard against the blows of adversity.
The gem cannot be polished without friction nor man without trials.
The reward of suffering is experience
Every conquering temptation represents a new fund of moral energy. Every trial endured and weathered in the right spirit makes a soul nobler and stronger than it was before.
It's not the disability that defines you; it's how you deal with the challenges the disability presents you with.
You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.
It isn't the mountain ahead that wears you out; it's the grain of sand in your shoe.
Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that the setbacks and grieves which we endure help us in our marching onward.
When its dark enough you can see the stars.
Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.
As threshing separates the wheat from the chaff, so does affliction purify virtue.
Adversity is like a strong wind. I don't mean just that it holds us back from places we might otherwise go. It also tears away from us all but the things that cannot be torn, so that afterward we see ourselves as we really are.
A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.
It is your reaction to adversity, not the adversity itself, that determines how your life’s story will develop.
I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death.
A happy life consists not in the absence, but in the mastery of hardships.
Nothing in the world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty… I have never in my life envied a human being who led an easy life. I have envied a great many people who led difficult lives and led them well.
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