The habits of a vigorous mind are formed in contending with difficulties.
The secret of a leader lies in the tests he has faced over the whole course of his life and the habit of action he develops in meeting those tests.
(n.) Opposition; contrariety.
Everybody's heart is open you know when they have recently escaped from severe pain or are recovering the blessing of health.
The effects of opposition are wonderful. There are men who rise refreshed on hearing of a threat men to whom a crises which intimidates and paralyzes the majority comes as graceful and beloved as a...
Some minds seem almost to create themselves springing up under every disadvantage and working their solitary but irresistible way through a thousand obstacles.
Every failure made me more confident. Because I wanted even more to achieve things as revenge. To show that I could.
If you see adversity arriving at your game field, time to put on your pads and let see how well you can tackle adversity.
It's essential you create a fiery will from within--harness that power of decisiveness--and choose to be your strongest self.
From rocks come gold.From coal comes diamonds.From oysters come pearls.From caterpillars come butterflies.From adversity come the great.
Be optimistic like a flower. A flower never loses her optimism, and will bloom with all of her beauty despite tremendous adversity.
So they had all had more troubles than she. Did that really make them superior? If two men were walking along the street and a brick fell on one, missing the other, did that make the injured one a bet...
What is heroic is not making life any harder that it has to be.
Great obstacles are no match for a great God.
The secret in any situation is the strength of spirit.
Train your mind to see the opportunity in every adversity.
Your next victory is behind your next test.
Only because of darkness are we able to clearly see the stars.
The virtue of prosperity is temperance the virtue of adversity is fortitude.
I thank God for my handicaps for through them I have found myself my work and my God.
I think my biggest achievement is that after going through a rather difficult time I consider myself comparatively sane. I'm proud of that.