Quotes about Adversity
Adversity itself may lead toward and not away from God and spiritual enlightenment; and privation may prove a source of strength if we can but keep a sweetness of mind and spirit.
- David O. McKay
While there may be thorns and disappointments, while there may be heartache, even heartbreak, there can be peace and comfort and strength from the Lord for those who follow Him.
- Gordon Hinckley
Who shall dare to talk of strength when David can fall?
- JC Ryle
There is no kind obondage which life lays upon us that may not yield both sweetness and strength; and nothing reveals a man's character more fully than the spirit in which he bears his limitations.
- Hamilton Wright Mabie
If I have something and move forward, it is only my weakness, which I hate and turn into my strength. You are not lost as long as you do not give up!
- Michael Jordan
Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronge
- John F. Kennedy
There are very few certainties that touch us all in this mortal experience, but one of the absolutes is that we will experience hardship and stress at some point.
- James Dobson
We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.
- Maya Angelou
Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts.
- John Wooden
Failure is success in progress
- Albert Einstein
I've observed that if individuals who prevail in a highly competitive environment have any one thing in common besides success, it is failure—and their ability to overcome it.
- Bill Walsh
Failure is part of success, an integral part. Everybody gets knocked down. Knowing it will happen and what you must do when it does is the first step back.
- Bill Walsh