Quotes about Adversity
Failure results from bad breaks.
— John Maxwell
The common experiences you share with others don't have to be that dramatic (although adversity definitely brings people together). Anything you experience together that creates a common history helps to connect you to others.
— John Maxwell
Failure is inevitable; learning is optional
— John Maxwell
The only person who avoids failure altogether is the person who never leaves her driveway. So the real issue is not whether you're going to fail. It's whether you're going to fail successfully (profiting from your failure).
— John Maxwell
Crisis doesn't necessarily make character, but it certainly does reveal it.
— John Maxwell
Livingstone replied, "If you have men who will come only if they know there is a good road, I don't want them. I want men who will come even if there is no road at all." That's what top leaders want from the people working for them: they want individuals who are willing to do what others won't.
— John Maxwell
know this: though not everything that we face can be changed, nothing can be changed until we face it.
— John Maxwell
Get a new definition of failure. Regard it as the price you pay for progress. If you can do that, you will put yourself in a much better position to fail forward.
— John Maxwell
rise beyond your circumstances, to
— John Maxwell
People who fail forward are able to see errors or negative experiences as a regular part of life, learn from them, and then move on. They persevere in order to achieve their purpose in life.
— John Maxwell
EMBRACE THE ADVERSITIES YOU MAY BE FACING IN YOUR LIFE, AND RETRAIN YOURSELF TO VIEW THEM AS BENEFICIAL.
— John Maxwell
your perception of and response to failure were changed, what would you attempt to achieve?
— John Maxwell