Top 1200 Adversity And Strength Quotes & Sayings - Page 15

Adversity has ever been considered the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted with himself.

Mental strength is really important because you either win or lose in your mind. And I'm not solely talking about sporting matches, boxing events - anything you do, you do it first with your mental strength. And you can actually train and develop it, and I am responsible for what I'm saying because I have experience with that.

Adversity is something that makes reaching your goals so much more rewarding than if it didn't exist.

Adversity is another way to measure the greatness of individuals. I never had a crisis that didn't make me stronger.

No organization can depend on genius; the supply is always scarce and unreliable. It is the test of an organization to make ordinary people perform better than they seem capable of, to bring out whatever strength there is in its members, and to use each person's strength to help all the other members perform.

Rise to the challenges that life presents you. You can't develop genuine character and ability by sidestepping adversity and struggle.

Love is a fabric which never fades, no matter how often it is washed in the water of adversity and grief.

Two of the biggest things my mom taught me is that adversity isn't the end of the world and that you have to adapt to succeed.

I have learned there is a gift wrapped inside of every adversity and, if you have faith and hope, you can lose everything and still survive.

Nonviolent action, born of the awareness of suffering and nurtured by love, is the most effective way to confront adversity.

Many successful people have found opportunities in failure and adversity that they could not recognize in more favorable circumstances.

You learn things in adversity that you would never have discovered without trouble. There is always a seed of hope.

All the adversity and discouragement is trying to cloud your mind. But I learned to deal with it. In the end, I'm happy and thankful and blessed.

I've been lucky that I haven't encountered much adversity growing up in London and having friends from all different backgrounds.

A mother is the truest friend we have when trials, heavy and sudden, fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity.

Hear me, four quarters of the world-a relative I am! Give me the strength to walk the soft earth, a relative to all that is! Give me the eyes to see and the strength to understand, that I may be like you. With your power only can I face the winds.

When your ethnicity is heaven, then all adversity offers the gift of intimacy, driving you into the home of His heart.

Test a servant while in the discharge of his duty, a relative in difficulty, a friend in adversity, and a wife in misfortune.

Leaders exhibit two essential characteristics, the willingness to confront adversity and a clearly articulated future preference.

The mind that is much elevated and insolent with prosperity, and cast down with adversity, is generally abject and base.

FCA is a culture of leaders and employees that were born out of adversity and who operate without sheet music.

No matter what your circumstances are, whether you are in prosperity or in adversity, you can learn from every person, transaction, and circumstance around you.

One thing that I don't think my critics realize about me is that I've been trained to look adversity in the face.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

Constant success shows us but one side of the world; adversity brings out the reverse of the picture.

Everything that I've ever been able to accomplish in skating and in life has come out of adversity and perseverance.

Throughout my life, I have always lived with adversity and will continue to have faith and do good for my family, friends and fans.

Just deciding to forgive isn't enough because willpower alone won't work - we need divine strength from God. As He gives us the strength, we need to pray for our enemies and bless them. Praying for those who have hurt us is vital to successfully forgiving them.

Everyone is handed adversity in life. No one's journey is easy. It's how they handle it that makes people unique.

The firmest of friendships have been formed in mutual adversity, as iron is most strongly united by the fiercest flame.

[ Donald Trump is] candidate who said he has more confidence in Vladimir Putin's strength than in Barack Obama's strength. His closeness to Putin is a very scary thing for the country and the fact that the news was dominated for 33 days I think it was by WikiLeaks stories, that had an impact on states that were decided by a knife-edge.

It's strange when they near your cell. You lose all your strength, and you are like this. You lose all your strength as if a rope is dragging it out of you. Then the footsteps stop in front of another solitary confinement cell, and when you hear the sound of the key turning you feel relieved.

Perhaps the most eloquent of the hard virtues is courage, the disposition to encounter adversity head-on and strive to overcome it.

Let not adversity oppress thee: be rather like unto the nail; the farther 'tis hammered, the firmer it holds.

This is a great fact: strength is life; weakness is death. Strength is felicity, life eternal, immortal; weakness is constant strain and misery, weakness is death.

With every adversity comes a blessing because a shock acts as a reminder to oneself that we must not get stale in routine.

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

Mentally strong people overcome setbacks with confidence because adversity only makes them better.

Every phase of my life always hasn't been perfect for me. I've had to go through some adversity.

Adversity has the same effect on a man that severe training has on the pugilist: it reduces him to his fighting weight.

This is the darkest hour before dawn and we should never underestimate monetary authorities' ability to deal with the adversity.

In the no-nonsense school of adversity, which we did not choose for ourselves, we are learning how to operate a labor union.

The pressure of adversity does not affect the mind of the brave man... It is more powerful than external circumstances.

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

Football is just like life. You have to manage adversity all the time. You have to do the right things and be ready for the moment.

Rejoice in liberating moments of victory when conflicts, trials, and adversity fall momentarily under your command.

Nothing is more important than to learn how to maintain a life of purpose in the midst of painful adversity.

Friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.

For me, football is a quest. Quests entail overcoming hardship, trials of adversity in the pursuit of true joy.

Hope itself is like a star- not to be seen in the sunshine of prosperity, and only to be discovered in the night of adversity.

Adversity in life does not rob your heart of beauty. It simply teaches it a new song to sing.

When you have adversity and you have pain, you never feel more alone than you do at that moment. And you can be surrounded by hundreds of thousands of people.

By adversity are wrought the greatest works of admiration, and all the fair examples of renown, out of distress and misery are grown.

Happiness and strength endure only in the absence of hate. To hate alone is the road to disaster. To love is the road to strength. To love in spite of all is the secret of greatness. And may very well be the greatest secret in this universe.

Yes," answered Sara, nodding. "Adversity tries people, and mine has tried you and proved how nice you are.

True friends visit us in prosperity only when invited, but in adversity they come without invitation.

Most people can bear adversity. But if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power.

The pressure of adversity does not affect the mind of the brave man. It is more powerful than external circumstances.

My knee is as strong as it was before, if not stronger, and it's a matter of getting my leg strong. I lost six years of strength in about six month's time, so it's going to take another year or two to get that leg back up to full strength, but I'm good to go so far.

The overcoming of adversity and, ultimately, denying it the rite of passage, has been a constant and perpetual motive throughout my life.