Adversity Quotes: Inspiring Words to Overcome Challenges

The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it. – Moliere

Adversity is like a strong wind. It tears away from us all but the things that cannot be torn, so that we see ourselves as we really are. – Arthur Golden

Adversity introduces a man to himself. – Albert Einstein

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. – Nelson Mandela

Adversity is the first path to truth. – Lord Byron

Adversity does not build character, it reveals it. – James Lane Allen

In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity. – Albert Einstein

The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials. – Chinese proverb

I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination. – Jimmy Dean

Adversity is the state in which man most easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free of admirers then. – John Wooden

Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars. – Khalil Gibran

You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, and how you can still come out of it. – Maya Angelou

Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which, in prosperous circumstances, would have lain dormant. – Horace

Adversity Quotes: Inspiring Words to Overcome Challenges part 2

In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer. – Albert Camus

There is no education like adversity. – Disraeli

The harder the conflict, the greater the triumph. – Thomas Paine

Don’t give up. Normally it is the last key on the ring which opens the door. – Paulo Coelho

Adversity is like a strong wind. It tears away from us all but the things that cannot be torn, so that we see ourselves as we really are. – Arthur Golden

A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor a man perfected without trials. – Chinese Proverb

Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise. – Victor Hugo

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. – Nelson Mandela

Adversity causes some to break, and others to break records. – William Arthur Ward

When written in Chinese, the word ‘crisis’ is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity. – John F. Kennedy

The flower that blooms in adversity is the rarest and most beautiful of all. – Walt Disney

In light of darkness, we find our true strength. – Unknown

Adversity is the mother of progress. – Mahatma Gandhi

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. – Eleanor Roosevelt

Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors. – African Proverb

The strongest people are not those who show strength in front of us, but those who win battles we know nothing about. – Unknown

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts. – Winston Churchill

Adversity is the diamond dust that heaven polishes its jewels with. – Thomas Carlyle

If you can’t fly, then run, if you can’t run, then walk, if you can’t walk, then crawl, but whatever you do, you have to keep moving forward. – Martin Luther King Jr.

There are no gains without pains. – Benjamin Franklin

The human capacity for burden is like bamboo – far more flexible than you’d ever believe at first glance. – Jodi Picoult

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

Adversity is like a strong wind. It tears away from us all but the things that cannot be torn, so that we see ourselves as we really are. – Arthur Golden

The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials. – Chinese proverb

I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination. – Jimmy Dean

Adversity is the first path to truth. – Lord Byron

Adversity introduces a man to himself. – Albert Einstein

The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it. – Moliere

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. – Nelson Mandela

Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny. – C.S. Lewis

When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us. – Helen Keller

The depth of darkness to which you can descend and still live is an exact measure of the height to which you can aspire to reach. – Laurens Van Der Post

The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places. – Ernest Hemingway

Adversity causes some men to break, others to break records. – William Arthur Ward

The only thing that overcomes hard luck is hard work. – Harry Golden

Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it. – Helen Keller

Obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it. – Michael Jordan