Quotes about Adversity
There is no doubt that life is given us, not to be enjoyed, but to be overcome; to be got over.
— Arthur Schopenhauer
Life doesn't do anything to you. It only reveals your spirit.
— John Maxwell
Everyone goes through adversity in life, but what matters is how you learn from it.
— Lou Holtz
She comprehended the perversity of life, that in the struggle lies the joy.
— Maya Angelou
You have to deal with what you encounter. But you must not be reduced. And so a way not to be reduced is don't whine! Don't let the incidents which take place in life bring you low.
— Maya Angelou
If you think your lot in life has been hard read "Up From Slavery" by Booker T. Washington, and you may see how fortunate you have been.
— Napoleon Hill
Prison life, fortunately, I spent a lot of years, about 18 years with other prisoners, and, as I say, they enriched your soul.
— Nelson Mandela
You can be greater than anything that can happen to you.
— Norman Vincent Peale
The art of life is the art of avoiding pain; and he is the best pilot, who steers clearest of the rocks and shoals with which it is beset.
— Thomas Jefferson
The happiness of this life depends less on what befalls you than the way in which you take it.
— Elbert Hubbard
To have divine favor on your life means you'll attract extraordinary opposition
— Bill Johnson
10% of life is made up of what happens to you. 90% of life is decided by how you react.
— Charles Swindoll