Overcoming Adversity Quotes

"In spite of illness, in spite even of the arch-enemy sorrow, one can remain alive long past the usual date of disintegration if one is unafraid of change, insatiable in intellectual curiosity, interested in big things, and happy in small ways" "Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom" "In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer" "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" "We must free ourselves of the hope that the sea will ever rest. We must learn to sail in high winds." "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." "Whatever happens in your life, no matter how troubling things might seem, do not enter the neighborhood of despair. " "When the world pushes you to your knees, you’re in the perfect position to pray."