Quotes about Adversity

I found out that the things that hurt us the most can become the fuel and the catalyst that propel us toward our destiny. It will either make you bitter or it will make you better.

We can't control our destiny, but we can control who we become.

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

We are face to face with our destiny and we must meet it with a high and resolute courage.

There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.

The greatest reverses of fortune are the most easily borne from a sort of dignity belonging to them.

Let us not alter our course simply because it leads into a dark thicket of work.

When I was young I lost everything.

He said, "Don, when something hard happens to you, you have two choices in how to deal with it. You can either get bitter, or better. I chose to get better. It's made all the difference.

Pain can serve a purpose if we cause it to. Again, while we do not have power over all that happens in the world, we do have power over our perspective. We can choose to take unfair and undue pain and cause it to serve our own story so that we become better. So that we transform.

All of us, from time to time, aren't treated fairly, but it's the heroes who overcome their oppressors to accomplish their important mission.

All great stories are about survival—either physical, emotional, relational, or spiritual.