Quotes about Adversity

As a small child in England, I had this dream of going to Africa. We didn't have any money and I was a girl, so everyone except my mother laughed at it. When I left school, there was no money for me to go to university, so I went to secretarial college and got a job.

You look back and reflect and there are things you could do better - even when there's been an 'experience that was unjust.

Every player goes through streaks where they're just not making their shots. It may last two games, it may last ten games, and a lot of times, it's something off the court that is bothering you, or coach might cut your minutes for some unknown reason.

The Bible is full of stories of men and women who've found themselves in frightening situations but who chose to look up rather than look down - look up in faith - and God got them through it.

The darkest storms color the brightest rainbows.

A leaf has no power to resist when the wind blows, but when life's storms rage, you do.

Bad weather never stopped anyone from reaping a good harvest.

No matter how deep you bury good seeds, they always find a way to rise.

The weak dread the storm, the foolish invite the storm, the wise avoid the storm, the strong battle the storm, and the great overcome the storm.

A dove struggling in a storm grows stronger than an eagle soaring in sunshine.

Stars earn their brightest colors in the dark.

A flower blooming in a storm is stronger than a tree blossoming under a rainbow.