Adversity Quotes (660 Quotes)

A wise prince then...should never be idle in times of peace but should industriously lay up stores of which to avail himself in times of adversity so that when Fortune abandons him he may be prepared to resist her blows.

A person can learn a lot from a dog, even a loopy one like ours. Marley taught me about living each day with unbridled exuberance and joy, about seizing the moment and following your heart. He taught me to appreciate the simple things-a walk in the woods, a fresh snowfall, a nap in a shaft of winter sunlight. And as he grew old and achy, he taught me about optimism in the face of adversity. Mostly, he taught me about friendship and selflessness and, above all else, unwavering loyalty.

What makes a hero? Courage, strength, morality, withstanding adversity? Are these the traits that truly show and create a hero? Is the light truly the source of darkness or vice versa? Is the soul a source of hope or despair? Who are these so called heroes and where do they come from? Are their origins in obscurity or in plain sight?

Adversity is like a strong wind. I don't mean just that it holds us back from places we might otherwise go. It also tears away from us all but the things that cannot be torn, so that afterward we see ourselves as we really are, and not merely as we might like to be.

Last year, everything went smooth for him, and this season, he's had to deal with some obstacles and adversity. He does possess great character, and he didn't panic. He stayed the course, and I think a lot of people who've gotten to the level he's at in track would have panicked. Once he was fairly healthy, he got back out and did the work. He's always kept his poise.

To go down 2-0 and claw our way back is a credit to this team's leadership and ability to not get rattled. I'm proud of the way they handled adversity.

Right now, we're just plugging away, but we've got to start finding somebody who can get us to the end zone quickly. And when something negative happens, we seem to have trouble with adversity. It's a lack of confidence right now.

When you're ahead in the game, or you're not a long ways behind, you can stay with your game plan. I'm anxious to see how we respond if the tables are turned and we're not ahead. That's one of the things this team has not faced yet, is some adversity like that. As we get into the meat of our schedule, things aren't always going to go our way like they did last week.

This was impressive stuff, and Philadelphia knew it. In adversity, things like this define you, ... I think another team would have folded up the tent. We stayed together.

(This was) a season of learning to cope with adversity. (We had to) pick ourselves up and continue to fight.

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.

Any time one of your teammates makes a bad decision, it's disappointing. It's very tough for the team that we have to deal with something like this again. ... Every time it seems we get the ball rolling something else hits us and knocks us down a little bit. We got to answer the bell. I think we've done a pretty good job this year of answering the adversity.

He's gone so quickly through the system because of his maturity level. He's talented, and he made adjustments. I think he's still under the radar. He has tremendous drive, he loves to condition and he'd try things out. He was willing to take risks. At the Triple-A level, when hitters starting catching up to his fastball, he started using a change and a split. He's had adversity, and he keeps bouncing back. Setbacks only fuel his desire to get better.

You don't develop courage by being happy in your relationships everyday. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity.

We have a young team, and our guys faced some adversity early in the meet but turned things around and did what they had to do. Our depth took over, and we won some close races. I was really pleased with the performance coming out of winter break.

You live your life as a biography and you have chapters and how you handle yourself in time of adversity and crises defines you.

It seems whenever we have a little adversity, the emotions drop. We've fallen out of the race, and it kind of takes the wind out of your sails.

What a roller-coaster ride. We seemingly had the game under control, but almost gave it away. But I have to give the team credit. They never quit. In the past two games, we were forced to sit out some key players due to injury, illness and card problems. I am very proud of the way the team bounced back from all that adversity.

I think that everything you do helps you to write if you're a writer. Adversity and success both contribute largely to making you what you are. If you don't experience either one of those, you're being deprived of something.

Our main objective as a group was to respond to any adversity that we faced all year. That's where I think our major accomplishment was, we battled injuries, we battled people putting us down, we battled a dry spell a few weeks ago. So it may have surprised other people but we knew in our dressing room that we had character, leadership - a lot more maturity than we had two, three seasons ago.

This sport is mental. We've been through a lot of adversity in the last seven years. But as a group we've been able to put things behind us and believe in ourselves and in our driver.

It's time for us to grow up as a team. I don't think we've handled success as well as we've handled adversity. Every time we've come off a bad loss, we've played well the next game. It's important for us to learn how to build off big wins.

We send our condolences to Nokia's family and friends, and extend our solidarity to the heroes and heroines of JFLAG who are campaigning for gay human rights in conditions of great danger and adversity.

I am definitely proud of the effort these kids are giving. They played hard for four quarters. The effort has been there all season and when you consider how very frustrated they have been through the adversity in wins and losses, you have to be impressed. I can't say enough about their effort.

It's unbelievable really and is a testament to each of them on how they've handled the adversity that has just come down the pike. It certainly made them all stronger and wiser. But at that same time you're like, 'Why Why do those kids have to go through all of that' They handle things so well and sports teaches lifelong lessons and they certainly have grown as people.

The good things of prosperity are to be wished; but the good things that belong to adversity are to be admired.

Everyone contributed tonight. We fought through some adversity there, but guys filled in and were still alive.

Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed on an equal or greater benefit.

The positives are that we have a Rooney Rule. We have a league that is not in a state of denial, but in a state of action to try to figure out solutions and working with us in a positive way. Every time there's been adversity, we've come back even stronger.

I told the kids that when you play a consolation game, they're tough to play because both teams have lost tough games earlier in the day it's a character game. Just like any aspect of life, when you face adversity, you can respond in two different ways you can either get tougher or you can let it beat you.

Everyone took that game and realized we had to overcome some adversity. We were we 1-1 in the conference. Anything could have happened since then, but we managed to take it one game at a time and finish the first half 6-1.

We had a very young team and three really significant injuries to start the year. Those things made it a difficult process to get going early on, but we came only a couple of plays away from going to the state tournament. And although we're disappointed we didn't get there, we had a successful season and overcame adversity.

Lionel has learned to deal with adversity. He's a fine player and person.

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

Recommend virtue to your children, that alone - not wealth - can give happiness. It upholds in adversity and the thought of it and my art prevents me from putting an end to my life.

We stepped to the challenge. A lot of games we could have just given up on, we could have just fallen down and said, 'Forget it, we're not that good.' There was adversity, but we played with heart.

When there is no adversity, he can be a very positive person in the unit. (When there's adversity or trouble), we see a different side. There is a duality.

Tough times breed tough men and we are taking a tough team to Dublin to play tough rugby. We are going to look squarely in the face of adversity and show a different side to our characters this weekend.

Both teams played as hard as they can play. Both teams overcame a lot of adversity.

With what we have been through, all the adversity, this feels good. Now we have to take what we've learned from this and take it on the road with us.

We certainly created some adversity for ourselves to overcome out there, ... but I was really pleased with how we responded time in and time out. Nobody's ever happy with penalties. Nobody's ever happy with turnovers. But I think it's most important to establish how you respond to that stuff when it happens in the game.

It's not his fault. We can turn this thing around, there's no doubt about it. I believe in this team. We're facing adversity, but every team does that.

The great thing about it is that this team is a great reflection of its head coach, they emulate him to a 'T' in certain respects. Especially when there's some adversity and this is a very tough time.

We've dealt with some adversity on the season, but our kids know we're never really out of a game. It was defense and rebounding that got us back in it.

If we are right with the Lord, then, as we face adversity, we can be assured that we will be blessed with faith, strength, wisdom and help from others, not only to overcome, but to learn and to grow from those experiences.

We're one of those teams where you don't want to play. We're going to play hard. We're going to hit you in the face. We're not going to let any adversity get us down. We're going to keep going.

This team has shown it can fight back from adversity.

I've been through a lot in my career, ... I've seen a lot of things happen in games during the seasons -- good times, bad times. I've had a lot of adversity I've dealt with in my career. I know we're going to go through that this year. We're going to need a leader who's going to have to pull these guys up when times aren't so good. I've been through a lot, and I am just ready to take control.

No man is more unhappy than the one who is never in adversity the greatest affliction of life is never to be afflicted.

There's no excuse for giving up so many points. But right now we're battling, fighting through a lot of adversity and trying to pull together as a team. All things considered, it was a great effort.