- “The only thing that overcomes hard luck is hard work.” – Harry Golden
- “Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which, in prosperous circumstances, would have lain dormant.” – Horace
- “Turn your wounds into wisdom.” – Oprah Winfrey
- “The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.” – Confucius
- “He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.” – Friedrich Nietzsche
- “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
- “In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.” – Albert Camus
- “Sometimes adversity is what you need to face in order to become successful.” – Zig Ziglar
- “Adversity introduces a man to himself.” – Albert Einstein
- “Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.” – Khalil Gibran
- “The human spirit is never finished when it is defeated… it is finished when it surrenders.” – Ben Stein
- “When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.” – Henry Ford
- “Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records.” – William Arthur Ward
- “You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.” – Margaret Thatcher
- “We don’t develop courage by being happy every day. We develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity.” – Barbara De Angelis
- “There is no education like adversity.” – Benjamin Disraeli
- “Adversity is the first path to truth.” – Lord Byron
- “Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit.” – Napoleon Hill
- “If you’re going through hell, keep going.” – Winston Churchill
- “Prosperity is not without many fears and disasters; and adversity is not without comforts and hopes.” – Francis Bacon
- “It is under the greatest adversity that there exists the greatest potential for doing good, both for oneself and others.” – Dalai Lama
- “Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.” – William Ellery Channing
- “Adversity has ever been considered the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted with himself.” – Samuel Johnson
- “Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.” – Martha Graham
- “Adversity is a mirror that reveals one’s true self.” – Japanese Proverb
- “Adversity is the diamond dust Heaven polishes its jewels with.” – Thomas Carlyle
- “The art of living lies less in eliminating our troubles than in growing with them.” – Bernard Baruch
- “Adversity does not build character, it reveals it.” – James Lane Allen
- “The pressure of adversity does not affect the mind of the brave man… It is more powerful than external circumstances.” – Seneca
- “I ask not for a lighter burden, but for broader shoulders.” – Jewish Proverb
- “There is no better than adversity. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance the next time.” – Malcolm X
- “Adversity is an opportunity for heroism.” – Mark Twain
- “I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.” – Louisa May Alcott
- “Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.” – Arnold Schwarzenegger
- “Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome.” – Booker T. Washington
- “Adversity is the trial of principle. Without it, a man hardly knows whether he is honest or not.” – Henry Fielding
- “Often it isn’t the mountains ahead that wear you out, it’s the little pebble in your shoe.” – Muhammad Ali
- “Adversity is another way to measure the greatness of individuals. I never had a crisis that didn’t make me stronger.” – Lou Holtz
- “Trials teach us what we are; they dig up the soil, and let us see what we are made of.” – Charles Spurgeon
- “When we long for life without difficulties, remind us that oaks grow strong in contrary winds and diamonds are made under pressure.” – Peter Marshall
- “It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.” – Charles Darwin
- “The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity.” – Seneca
- “Adversity is a fact of life. It can’t be controlled. What we can control is how we react to it.” – Unknown
- “Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one.” – Bruce Lee
- “A diamond is a chunk of coal that did well under pressure.” – Henry Kissinger
- “Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.” – Haruki Murakami
- “Without a struggle, there can be no progress.” – Frederick Douglass
- “The true test of a man’s character is what he does when no one is watching.” – John Wooden
- “You never know how strong you are until being strong is your only choice.” – Bob Marley
- “All the adversity I’ve had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me… You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.” – Walt Disney