47 Best Adversity Quotes

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened... - Helen Keller

For a number of years, there was no respite...It was just like nonstop horrible. - Elon Musk

Softball doesn't build character - it reveals it.

You can't win unless you learn how to lose. - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

The strongest steel is forged in the hottest fire.

You never know how strong you are until being strong is the only choice.

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

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

You never know how strong you are until being strong is your only choice. – Bob Marley

A woman is like a tea bag—you never know how strong she is until she gets in hot water. – Eleanor Roosevelt

Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls. – Khalil Gibran

People grow when they are confronted with something they cannot overcome. – Makishima Shogo

Life is like a roller coaster. It has its ups and downs. But it’s your choice to scream or enjoy the ride. – Hasegawa Taizou

If you run into a wall and pretend it doesn’t exist, you’ll never make progress. The wall will never change, so you’re the one who has to change. – Hijikata Toushirou

No matter how deep the night, it always turns to day, eventually. – Sakata Gintoki

Things happen. Weird things. We just have to keep going. – Dean McCoppin

The flower that blooms in adversity is the most rare and beautiful of all. – The Emperor

The shark was not an accident. – Narrator

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

If you are going through hell, keep going. – Winston Churchill

You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life. – Winston Churchill

Difficulties break some men but make others. No axe is sharp enough to cut the soul of a sinner who keeps on trying, one armed with the hope that he will rise even in the end. – Nelson Mandela

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power. – Abraham Lincoln

The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. – Abraham Lincoln

You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them. – Maya Angelou

I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it. – Maya Angelou

The flower that blooms in adversity is the most rare and beautiful of all.

I wish it need not have happened in my time. – Frodo

One does not simply walk into Mordor. – Boromir

All the time, he's like, "Joe Dirt, you're gonna be a loser the rest of your life." – Joe Dirt

I got the poo on me! – Joe Dirt

You know what? Screw you, tornado! – Joe Dirt

Evil has a way of pushing people together. – The Priest

Snakes. Why did it have to be snakes? – Indiana Jones

There's a system in place, gentlemen. That system is designed for you to fail. I'm here to make sure that doesn't happen. – Coach Carter

They say that the best blaze burns brightest when circumstances are at their worst. – Howl

The boy who is going to make a great man must not make up his mind merely to overcome a thousand obstacles, but to win in spite of a thousand repulses and defeats. – Theodore Roosevelt

The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing, because an artful life requires being prepared to meet and withstand sudden and unexpected attacks. – Marcus Aurelius

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 next time. – Malcolm X

Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light. – Helen Keller

You should never view your challenges as a disadvantage. Instead, it's important for you to understand that your experience facing and overcoming adversity is actually one of your biggest advantages. – Michelle Obama

We cannot be a country that is defined by what we have suffered, but by how we have responded. – Jacinda Ardern

I think the reason why I am who I am today is because I went through those tough times when I was younger. – LeBron James

Option A is not available. So let's just kick the shit out of Option B. – Sheryl Sandberg

Resilience is everything. You have to be able to get back up. – Michelle Yeoh

I eat no for breakfast. – Kamala Harris

I’m drawn to stories about survival. – Ridley Scott