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Overcoming Adversity Quotes

"When the world pushes you to your knees, you’re in the perfect position to pray."

― Rumi

"It’s funny, but those who hate me the most sometimes inspire me the most."

― Muhammad Ali

"I like to use the hard times of the past to motivate me today."

― Dwayne Johnson

"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."

― Dwayne Johnson

"People cry not because they’re weak, it’s because they’ve been strong for too long."

― Johnny Depp

"One day the people that didn’t believe in you will tell everyone how they met you."

― Johnny Depp

"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."