Overcoming Adversity Quotes

"I like to use the hard times of the past to motivate me today." "People cry not because they’re weak, it’s because they’ve been strong for too long." "One day the people that didn’t believe in you will tell everyone how they met you." "When something bad happens, you have three choices. You can either let it define you, let it destroy you, or let it strengthen you" "When the world pushes you to your knees, you’re in the perfect position to pray." "It’s funny, but those who hate me the most sometimes inspire me the most." "I grew up where, when a door closed, a window didn’t open. The only thing I had was cracks. I’d do everything to get through those cracks – scratch, claw, bite, push, bleed. Now the opportunity is here. The door is wide open, and it’s as big as a garage." "I am often fascinated by the resiliency of some of the people I meet. Life keeps knocking them down, but in what seems to be outright defiance, they keep getting up, stronger and better than before." "Reflect on your present blessings, of which every man has many; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some." "I'm inspired by the people I meet in my travels—hearing their stories, seeing the hardships they overcome, their fundamental optimism and decency. I'm inspired by the love people have for their children. And I'm inspired by my own children, how full they make my heart. They make me want to work to make the world a little bit better. And they make me want to be a better man." "Don't be a victim of your past" "You can only be torn down so many times before you say, you know what, I've got nothing to lose." "You have to be resilient." "You have to believe in yourself when no one else does" "In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer" "Blessed are the hearts that can bend; they shall never be broken" "When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in." "Start with the premise that the worst has happened to you and work backward." "Failure is not the outcome. Failure is not trying." "If you are born poor it's not your mistake, but if you die poor it's your mistake."