Top 315 Adversity Quotes

In failure, children learn how to struggle with adversity and how to confront fear. By reflecting on failure, children begin to see how to correct themselves and then try again with better results.

The eagle has no fear of adversity. We need to be like the eagle and have a fearless spirit of a conqueror!

I remember winning the Asian Cup in 2004 in China, coming through so much adversity including a final against the hosts. We won 3-1 and it was a wonderful competition, which we won by playing great football.

As a writer, I have this compulsion to take characters who appear formidable and bombard them with adversity until they crumble. What’s interesting is watching them rise again, and seeing how they’ve changed and grown, if indeed they have.

A lot of people think I had such a rosy career, but I wanted to identify that one of the things that helps you have a long career is learning how to deal with adversity, how to get past it. Once I learned how to get through that, others things didn’t seem so hard.

‘Seat at the Table’ has expressed real adversity, struggle, and also triumph and joy.

Nothing is harder to direct than a man in prosperity; nothing more easily managed that one is adversity.

Many who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy; many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable.

I honestly think part of the appeal of ‘Rumours’ was that it was sort of heroic. We managed to push through in the face of so much personal adversity.

You can’t judge somebody when they’re doing well: You’ve got to judge them when they’re going through adversity.

Like many other people, I grew up with so much adversity and negativity, it would have been easy to get overwhelmed and give in. But by turning negatives into positives, losing into a journey to winning, I have been able to overcome the odds that were against me and change them into motivation for my success.

Yes, I did shatter my leg, and it really changed my life, in a way. It wasn’t much fun, but it did open me up, and as we all know intuitively, adversity can develop resources.

My faith has helped me face adversity. Adversity makes you stronger.

Sometimes when you stare adversity in the face you’ve got to go back to those basic principles of football and do them right.

I like adversity; that’s how I am.

Dealing with my first pro loss was the toughest adversity of my career.

You have to go through some adversity to be able to be successful.

I’ve proven I can hang in there, go through adversity, and pull tricks out of the bag.

Adversity, and perseverance and all these things can shape you. They can give you a value and a self-esteem that is priceless.

When you have adversity and you have pain, you never feel more alone than you do at that moment. And you can be surrounded by hundreds of thousands of people.

A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity ’til he has tasted adversity.

Constant success shows us but one side of the world; adversity brings out the reverse of the picture.

The firmest of friendships have been formed in mutual adversity, as iron is most strongly united by the fiercest flame.

There’s nothing like adversity to fuel the fire.

Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; adversity is the blessing of the New.

If you live long enough, you’ll make mistakes. But if you learn from them, you’ll be a better person. It’s how you handle adversity, not how it affects you. The main thing is never quit, never quit, never quit.

Adversity is the diamond dust Heaven polishes its jewels with.

As African American, gay drag queens, we live with more adversity and challenges.

Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; adversity not without many comforts and hopes.

I come from strong people who believe in the freedom of expression and, of course, a culture that believes in that. So the idea of overcoming adversity is something that is not unfamiliar.

In times of great stress or adversity, it’s always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive.

You learn from adversity more than anything because it allows you to see so much. It really allows you to see things in a different way.

You don’t want people who have never had to deal with adversity – you want people who have been able to deal successfully with adversity. That’s what adds to society. Those are going to be the hardest-working, best people.

For all its ups and downs and challenges, I love writing. We only grow through adversity, so I welcome the difficulties, knowing bumps in the road are my greatest teachers.

One of the greatest gifts my father gave me – unintentionally – was witnessing the courage with which he bore adversity. We had a bit of a rollercoaster life with some really challenging financial periods. He was always unshaken, completely tranquil, the same ebullient, laughing, jovial man.

Life’s about dealing with adversity and solving problems.

It’s one of those things, like in sports and other situations in life, you’re going to have some adversities and some challenges that are similar to the race. You go uphill one moment and then you go downhill, but that’s life too. You’ve got to be willing to sometimes take it slow but keep going.

I’m not fearful for myself, because I’ve seen adversity, and I can see it again. But I feel very upset and anguished when I see images of young lawyers beaten up.

Despite the adversity that George Floyd endured, he was full of life and love for his family, friends, and loved ones. It was in honor of his life that millions took to the streets in struggle for a world where George Floyd would never have been taken from us.

Without adversity a person hardly knows whether they are honest or not.

Sometimes adversity is what you need to face in order to become successful.

Everybody is going to face adversity at some point, definitely when you leave college and try to get into the real world so to speak and get your first job.

Adversity is the trial of principle. Without it a man hardly knows whether he is honest or not.

Being a champion is not just being a frontrunner and being ahead, but it’s facing adversity.

Adversity will only sharpen our wits and make us more strong-willed, resulting in the political awakening of more Hong Kongers, not to mention the international community’s support.

There’s always going to be adversity.

To overcome any form of adversity, to not give up, to not give up on yourself, your dreams, to not sequester yourself away from people – that’s the most important thing to do with your life.

Three hundred years ago a prisoner condemned to the Tower of London carved on the wall of his cell this sentiment to keep up his spirits during his long imprisonment: ‘It is not adversity that kills, but the impatience with which we bear adversity.

Numerous have been the manifestations of God’s providence in sustaining us. In the gloomy period of adversity, we have had ‘our cloud by day and pillar of fire by night.’ We have been reduced to distress, and the arm of Omnipotence has raised us up.

Adversity teaches a man a lot about himself.

Under adversity, under oppression, the words begin to fail, the easy words begin to fail. In order to convey things accurately, the human being is almost forced to find the most precise words possible, which is a precondition for literature.

Funnily enough, I did a play called ‘Jumpy’ on the West End before I did ‘Divergent,’ and there was an essence of that character I played, called Cam, in Will. In the sense of his vulnerability, and… he had a sense of humor that comes out of adversity, similar to Will.

He knows not his own strength that hath not met adversity.

I think adversity hits people and we all know what to do when adversity hits we keep praying and we find hope.

I just really know how to manage adversity.

Adversity has the same effect on a man that severe training has on the pugilist: it reduces him to his fighting weight.

Nevadans, and all Americans, are resilient. Overcoming adversity is a part of our national heritage.

I’m a plodder, one foot in front of the other. Life is all about understanding that anything that can go wrong, will go wrong. And it’s your ability with how you deal with that adversity that ultimately affects your success.

Everyone faces adversity.

Adversity is an opportunity for growth. And an opportunity to really know who your friends are.

You miss the adversity. The journey is what I’m talking about. Helping a guy get better. Seeing a guy get a contract. And seeing a seventh-round choice or free agent make the team.

Adversity creates comedy.

Mental discipline and tenacity in the face of obstacles are traits that have greatly helped me in both my personal and professional journey thus far. I am also very optimistic by nature and tend to focus on the positive and remain hopeful when faced with adversity.

Everybody has adversity in their lives and we all have to find ways of overcoming them. You’ve got to soldier on, make the best of it, look for the positive in everything.