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Adversity Quotes

On strength that only shows itself under pressure.

Several quotes here return to the image of a hidden inner fire that lies quiet during easy times but flares up under real difficulty. Another frames adversity as a recurring, almost inevitable test throughout a lifetime. Continue with Able quotes for more on resilience.

The friend in my adversity I shall always cherish most. I can better trust those who helped to relieve the gloom of my dark hours than those who are so ready to enjoy with me the sunshine of my prosperity.

Quotes by Ulysses S. Grant

We have this culture valued at Uber, which we call the champions' mind-set. And champions' mind-set isn't always about winning. It's about putting everything you have on the field, every ounce of passion and energy you have. And if you...

Quotes by Travis Kalanick

You don't play 162 games without facing some adversity during the course of the year.

Quotes by Tom Glavine

Very often out of adversity that's when the best work comes.

Quotes by Tom Cochrane

I don't think I've had any adversity. I mean, yeah, I studied hard in school, but that's not adversity. Everyone in the Nuba Mountains has faced incredible adversity, every single one of them. Just to finish primary school is an...

Quotes by Tom Catena

Of course, losing my father was traumatic. I was an only child. But from the time my father died, my general theme in life has been to turn adversity into opportunity.

Quotes by Thomas G. Stemberg

Adversity is the diamond dust Heaven polishes its jewels with.

Quotes by Thomas Carlyle

Failure is inherent in the game. So if you don't respond well to adversity, you're probably not going to have a long career.

Quotes by Theo Epstein

Baseball is a game based on adversity. It's a game that's going to test you repeatedly. It's going to find your weaknesses and vulnerabilities and force you to adjust. That adversity, in the big picture, is a really good thing...

Quotes by Theo Epstein

Players that tend to respond to adversity the right way and triumph in the end are players with strong character. If you have enough guys like that in the clubhouse, you have an edge on the other team.

Quotes by Theo Epstein

The fact that guys adjusted really quickly to the big leagues, developed really quickly, faced adversity under the brightest spotlights, played great baseball, overcame so much, overcame centuries worth of issues and won a World Series, I guess it doesn't...

Quotes by Theo Epstein

Fasting is, first and foremost, an exercise for identifying and managing adversity in all its forms. With faith, in full conscience, fasting calls women and men to an extra degree of self-awareness.

Quotes by Tariq Ramadan

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

Quotes by Tacitus

We see many who are struggling against adversity who are happy, and more although abounding in wealth, who are wretched.

Quotes by Tacitus

As a lifelong practitioner of martial arts, I'm trained to remain calm in the face of adversity and danger.

Quotes by Steven Seagal

Turning pro is a mindset. If we are struggling with fear, self-sabotage, procrastination, self-doubt, etc., the problem is, we're thinking like amateurs. Amateurs don't show up. Amateurs crap out. Amateurs let adversity defeat them. The pro thinks differently. He shows...

Quotes by Steven Pressfield

I have definitely gone through my ups and downs and faced my adversity and my nay-sayers, but managed to do all right. It is a pretty classic tale.

Quotes by Steve Nash

Just as we develop our physical muscles through overcoming opposition - such as lifting weights - we develop our character muscles by overcoming challenges and adversity.

Quotes by Stephen Covey

There are uses to adversity, and they don't reveal themselves until tested. Whether it's serious illness, financial hardship, or the simple constraint of parents who speak limited English, difficulty can tap unexpected strengths.

Quotes by Sonia Sotomayor

As years passed away I have formed the habit of looking back upon that former self as upon another person, the remembrance of whose emotions has been a solace in adversity and added zest to the enjoyment of prosperity.

Quotes by Simon Newcomb

The shared idea is that hardship reveals capacities comfort tends to hide. See also Face quotes and Great quotes.