Top 1200 Inspirational Adversity Quotes & Sayings - Page 2

Sport is something that is very inspirational for young people.

I have amazing friends who have led inspirational lives.

Books are challenging and inspirational to me.

When we have adversity we oftentimes tend to look around and think that we're the Lone Ranger. We tend to believe that we're the only one who has problems. And we always look around and see others who are more talented, taller, smarter, handsomer, or faster. I can assure you, everyone has problems-even football coaches. The ability we have to handle this adversity will determine the degree of success that we will have in life.

The modernist writers found despair inspirational.

To derive the fullest comfort and encouragement from Romans 8:28 we must realize that God is at work in a proactive, not reactive, fashion. That is, God does not just respond to an adversity in our lives to make the best of a bad situation. He knows before He initiates or permits the adversity exactly how He will use it for our good.

When I am working out, I listen to inspirational speeches.

I view art as an inspirational tool.

You destroy my life then feed me inspirational philosophy.

I have a 1969 Grammer Johnny Cash acoustic guitar, and it's so inspirational.

The most inspirational person in my life has been my mother.

The key to overcoming adversity is to be ready to understand that you have enough, no matter what rug is pulled out from under you. You can't live in fear, or thinking "I'll never figure it out." The more consciously we can understand what we're experiencing, the more that is our protection. So, we run into adversity, but we don't have to stay there if we have imagination and a way to help ourselves change course. Sometimes we can't - knowing the difference is wisdom and the acceptance that we have enough.

It's never your successful friends posting the inspirational quotes

You can profit by disappointment - if it is turned into inspirational dissatisfaction with a positive mental attitude.

Most of my sermons are inspirational, and I believe people need that encouragement.

Dealing with adversity is like preparing for surgery. By putting our faith in what the doctor has said, we believe we will be better off if we have the surgery. But that does not make it any less painful. By submitting to the hand of a surgeon, we are saying that our ultimate goal is health, even at the cost of pain. Adversity is the same way. It is a means to an end. It is God's tool for the advancement of our spiritual lives.

I'm always on the lookout for projects with a strong moral and inspirational core.

I had hoped when my life was chronicled, it would be an inspirational story.

I thought 'Moulin Rouge' was inspirational, and 'Jesus Christ Superstar' I loved.

I surround myself with inspirational quotations.

The hymn 'Amazing Grace' is so inspirational - I wish I'd written it.

No adversity is in kind or degree peculiar to us; but if we survey the conditions of other men (of our brethren everywhere, of our neighbours all about us), and compare our case with theirs, we shall find that we have many consorts and associates in adversity, most as ill, many far worse bestead than ourselves; whence it must be a great fondness and perverseness to be displeased that we are not exempted from, but exposed to bear a share in the common troubles and burdens of mankind.

Highly competitive athletes like Ginny Gilder have a gift for tolerating pain and ignoring adversity. They accept these things as the price they pay for greatness. These habits of mind and body serve us well in many aspects of our lives, but not in all aspects of our lives. Course Correction is about taking time to heal and exploring the joy that lies beyond adversity.

The Adversity Index was created by msnbc.com and Moody's Analytics to track the economic fortunes of states and metro areas. Each month, the Adversity Index uses government data on employment, industrial production, housing starts and home prices to label each area as expanding, at risk of recession, in recession or recovering.

What I meant by that is, any time you have adversity, now you've got a chance to see all of these guys play every game the rest of the way like it's a playoff game. What you want guys to do when there's adversity is to play harder and play better, and that's when you see what kind of guys you have in your locker room.

Someone said adversity builds character, but someone else said adversity reveals character. I'm pleasantly surprised with my resilience. I persevere, and not just blindly. I take the best, get rid of the rest, and move on, realizing that you can make a choice to take the good.

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Adversity and challenges are life’s way of creating strength. Adversity creates challenge, and challenge creates change, and change is absolutely necessary for growth. If there is no change and challenge, there can be no growth and development.

Ajamu Baraka is very inspirational.

'Star Wars' is fun, its exciting, its inspirational, and people respond to that. It's what they want.

Even the most daring and accomplished people have undergone tremendous difficulty. In fact, the more successful they became, the more they attributed their success to the lessons learned during their most difficult times. Adversity is our teacher. When we view adversity as a guide towards greater inner growth, we will then learn to accept the wisdom our soul came into this life to learn.

For me, it was all about working with an inspirational filmmaker.

I think anyone who has a passion for what they love to do, and who pursue it, is inspirational for me.

It's inspirational to see someone who is dying smile.

If we get out there trying to be inspirational, then we probably won't be.

I would be lying if I didn't say that the most inspirational place for me is Jamaica.

There are more inspirational people in music than there are in politics.

The flow of Guiness into the studio was inspirational as well as nutritive.

Lee's great gifts are teaching and inspirational guidance, not administration and management.

Search for the seed of good in every adversity. Master that principle and you will own a precious shield that will guard you well through all the darkest valleys you must traverse. Stars may be seen from the bottom of a deep well, when they cannot be discerned from the mountaintop. So will you learn things in adversity that you would never have discovered without trouble. There is always a seed of good. Find it and prosper.

My tastes and inspirational artists were always rather eclectic and diverse.

Reading inspirational and motivational quotes daily is like taking my vitamins.

People like the feeling of access that is very raw, unedited, and inspirational.

Someone said adversity builds character, but someone else said adversity reveals character. Im pleasantly surprised with my resilience. I persevere, and not just blindly. I take the best, get rid of the rest, and move on, realizing that you can make a choice to take the good.

Adversity is not simply a tool. It is God's most effective tool for the advancement of our spiritual lives. The circumstances and events that we see as setbacks are oftentimes the very things that launch us into periods of intense spiritual growth. Once we begin to understand this, and accept it as a spiritual fact of life, adversity becomes easier to bear.

There's physical adversity, that if you are someone that likes exercise like I do, I exercise everyday. When you exercise, there's pain involved and so you're putting yourself through adversity in that situation. It's never totally pleasurable and there are moments where it's kind of boring or painful and you know that in doing that, you're making your mind and body tougher and more resilient. So must be able to deal with the boredom that happens in life.

Ultimately, the film [Dream of Life] is inspirational.

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When the going gets tough that should be your inspirational reason to drive on.

I wanted to do something inspirational for my children.

Deacon Jones has been the most inspirational person in my football career.

Man must be able to recover, to win out, triumph over adversity. And I don't mean just the little adversity like paying his room rent or something. But those deep, deep human adversities because something he has faith in has turned to ashes. Where someone he loves turns out to be just another joke. You get to the point of suicide. But you can bounce back - they can't completely destroy you.

I'm lucky to have so many supportive, inspirational people in my life.

'Ebony' is very inspirational and aspirational to its readers.

The 'Dezeen's of this world are extremely inspirational but have no realistic dimension any more.

Baseball is a game based on adversity. It's a game that's going to test you repeatedly. It's going to find your weaknesses and vulnerabilities and force you to adjust. That adversity, in the big picture, is a really good thing because it shows you where your weaknesses are. It gives you the opportunity to improve.

I'm not an inspirational quote kind of person.

[Music is] so inspirational in terms of making me want to become better.

Space is an inspirational concept that allows you to dream big.

The kind of gratitude that receives even tribulations with thanksgiving requires a broken heart and a contrite spirit, humility to accept that which we cannot change, willingness to turn everything over to the Lord -even when we do not understand, thankfulness for hidden opportunities yet to be revealed. Then comes a sense of peace. “When was the last time you thanked the Lord for a trial or tribulation? Adversity compels us to go to our knees; does gratitude for adversity do that as well?