Quotes about Adversity

What would Heracles have been if he had said, How am I to prevent a big lion from appearing, or a big boar, or brutal men? What care you, I say? If a big boar appears, you will have a greater struggle to engage in; if evil men appear, you will free the world from evil men.

I must be exiled; but is there anything to keep me from going with a smile, calm and self-composed?

And then we'll be emulating Socrates,* once we're able to write hymns of praise in prison.

It is not the person who insults or attacks you who torments your mind, but the view you take of these things.

When fate hands us a lemon, let's try to make lemonade.

Just as we develop our physical muscles through overcoming opposition - such as lifting weights - we develop our character muscles by overcoming challenges and adversity.

The furnace of affliction produces refinement, in states as well as individuals.

You don't have to fear defeat if you believe it may reveal powers that you didn't know you possessed.

If you get down and quarell everyday, you're saying prayers to the devil, I say.

This discourse, and the present frame of my mind, lead me rather to speak to those, who by feeling Satan's fiery darts, know assuredly that there is a devil.

Everything negative - pressure, challenges - is all an opportunity for me to rise.

When the danger is great, one must not run away.