Best 335 quotes in «overcoming adversity quotes» category

Be the calm in someone else’s storm.

Blow by blow a giant is knocked down.

But if a person hasn't ever experienced true despair, she grows old never knowing how to evaluate where she is in life; never understanding what joy really is. I'm grateful for it.

Count your summers, not your winters.

Critics are loud, but success is louder.

Dare to take risk to fulfill your dreams.

Dear past, I survived you. Dear present, I’m ready for you. Dear future, I’m coming for you.

Definite purpose, absolute commitment.

Diamonds are formed in pressure; that is why God allows you to go through difficult times.

Do not run away from your challenges. You must endure and overcome each challenge.

Don’t aim to break the glass ceiling; aim to shatter it.

Don’t be afraid of criticism; the tallest trees are always confronted by the strongest winds.

Don’t run from your weakness, you will only give it strength.

I am not perfect and I don't pretend to be. My brand is about dealing with life after it happens and not sugar coating the fact that I'm a human who makes mistakes.

I can do it! I can do it!! I can do it!!!

If you are going through hell, keep walking until you reach heaven.

If you can stay positive in bad situations, you are strong; if you can stay optimistic in hopeless situations, you are mighty; if you can stay hopeful in impossible situations, you are great.

If you fail a thousand times, find a thousand and one ways to succeed.

If you live in the desert, view the sun not as your enemy, but as your friend. If you live in the wilderness, view nature not as your adversary, but as your companion.

I heard someone say once that many of us only seem able to find heaven by backing away from hell. And while the place that I've arrived at in my life may not precisely be everyone's idea of heavenly, I could swear sometimes -- I hear angels sing.

In all spheres of life, there are constraints. You have to develop your own strategy to overcome each constraint.

In order for a seed to rise, it must be buried in dirt; likewise, in order for the great to rise they must be buried in adversity.

In our deepest valleys we are strengthened to climb our highest mountains.

In storms look for rainbows; in sunshine prepare for storms.

In the darkest time, I have always believed, the light will shine.

Is there any life without any difficulty?

Is your life story the truth? Yes, the chronological events are true. Is it the whole truth? No, you see and judge it through your conditioned eyes and mind - not of all involved - nor do you see the entire overview. Is it nothing but the truth? No, you select, share, delete, distort, subtract, assume and add what you want, need and choose to.

It's not enough to step in front of people's bullets; you have to be bulletproof too. You have to be harder than anything anyone else can throw at you, and sometimes you risk losing yourself just trying to save yourself.

Life hands us storms so we can paint rainbows.

I work with great gladness for what I want.

Keep on desiring. Keep on seeking.

Life is uncertain. We can never predict when hard times shall strike.

Life is so much better when we dwell on awe-inspired thoughts.

Life tests us to see our level of endurance.

Loud courage silences loud fear.

Lovely flowers sometimes bloom in ugly places.

Life is full of limitless opportunities. You ought to seek them.

Light in your soul conquers the darkness in your world.

Lord gives even more grace, so you can endure the test of time.

Never be afraid to offer a smile; sure the risk is that a few foolish people may misinterpret your kindness as weakness, but the sweet reward of their error will be that at least they cannot blame you because you did show your teeth.

Never be disabused of those hopes you believe in otherwise you will go far as far as you can't be.

Never be afraid to offer a smile; sure the risk is that a few foolish people may misinterpret your kindness as weakness, but the reward in their error be that at least they cannot blame you because you did show your teeth.

Never despise a seed; one day it will rise and bloom into a forest.

Never pay attention to the distractions in life. Focus on possibilities.

No matter how deep you bury good seeds, they always find a way to rise.

No matter how tall and wide darkness is, it cannot block the stars.

No matter what, I would never let the people who wanted me to break see how much damage they had inflicted.

No matter how beautiful a rose is it must still grow in dirt.

No one can foretell the details in a day, we can only hope.

One friend in a storm is worth more than a thousand friends in sunshine.