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" "Above all, be the hero of your life, not the victim." "Opportunities to find deeper powers within ourselves come when life seems most challenging " "I worked myself up from nothing to a state of extreme poverty." "I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars." "You have to know how to accept rejection and reject acceptance" "Power is being told you are not loved and not being destroyed by it." "What matters most is how well you walk through the fire." "Turn your scars into stars." "I think the reason why I am who I am today is because I went through those tough times when I was younger." "Though you may hear me holler, and you may see me cry I'll be dogged, sweet baby, if you gonna see me die" "My mother had a really bad childhood, and my father had a bad childhood, and I had a bad childhood; but I love my childhood. Even though it was bad, I love it. I feel like it's taught me so much" "The miserable have no other medicine, but only hope." "I do feel that I've managed to escape my past" "I was bullied and regarded as a little bit of an oddball myself"