- Learn to lose. This is arguably much more important than learning to win. Yvan Byeajee
- “When emerging from humble beginnings, those around you tend to underestimate your authenticity because they knew you before you were ‘somebody’.” ― Criss Jami, Killosophy
- Prosperity tries the fortunate, adversity the great. Rose Kennedy
- “If I were to believe in God enough to call him a murderer, then I might also believe enough that he, as a spirit, exists beyond death; and therefore only he could do it righteously. For the physical being kills a man and hatefully sends him away, whereas God, the spiritual being, kills a man and lovingly draws him nigh.” ― Criss Jami, Healology
- “Call on God. He will answer.” ― Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind
- “Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.” ― Lucius Annaeus Seneca
- “When the room becomes too tight. When the world becomes too narrow like the narrow alleys of childhood. When you are surrounded by four walls to confront everything that has ever happened to you, everything that has ever been done to you. When even books, writing, cooking, and the people around you can’t provide any solace or explanations to what is happening. When you get really close to understanding that split second in which a heart attack takes place!” ― Louis Yako
- The challenge in front of you is an indication of the power within you. Steven Furtick
- “It isn’t as bad as you sometimes think it is. It all works out. Don’t worry. I say that to myself every morning. It all works out in the end. Put your trust in God, and move forward with faith and confidence in the future. The Lord will not forsake us. He will not forsake us. If we will put our trust in Him, if we will pray to Him, if we will live worthy of His blessings, He will hear our prayers.” ― Gordon B. Hinckley
- “There exist bright sunny moment in any events of life.” ― Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
- “With the power of God, we can scale any wall.” ― Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind
- It’s a simple fact of life: if you want to do something incredible, something that makes you stand out above the rest, then you have to become comfortable being different – that means being misunderstood, criticized, even hated. Mark Manson (See also: be yourself quotes)
- “The only ‘problems’ that we can truly solve through sex are that of never having had sex with anyone, and that of never having had sex with someone.” ― Mokokoma Mokhonoana
- When facing a particular challenge, never dwell upon the difficulty of the circumstance you find yourself in. Instead, focus on the opportunities that this situation presents. Rhonda Byrne
- If adversity cannot bring the best in you, prosperity can never will. @Thenakedpoet2
- Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit. Napoleon Hill
- Adversity always presents opportunities for introspection. Abdul Kalam
- “Faithfulness imparts God’s reason for all circumstances. No matter what the world says, losing is no longer an option.” ― Criss Jami, Venus in Arms
- “We trust and rely on God at all times.” ― Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind
- “You can perhaps, in a number of circumstances, tell yourself that you can’t have more than you have until you do better than you’re doing, but by all means steer clear of its reverse, the creed of defeat, in saying that you can’t do better than you’re doing until you can have more than you have.” ― Criss Jami, Healology
- “Instead of being frustrated by adversity, our mind focuses on the adventure of creativity with our thoughts. What a glorious paradise?” ― Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
- “It takes darkness to be aware of the light.” ― Treasure Tatum
- “The harder you fall, the heavier your heart; the heavier your heart, the stronger you climb; the stronger you climb, the higher your pedestal.” ― Criss Jami, Killosophy
- If you watch how nature deals with adversity, continually renewing itself, you can’t help but learn. Bernie Siegel
- “Thunderstorms are as much our friends as the sunshine.” ― Criss Jami, Killosophy
- “We are all part of a God factory. Gods are what come off the production line at the end of an eons-long, protracted, dialectical process designed to overcome every possible obstacle, trial, setback, difficulty and ordeal. You need to be a God to survive the dialectic. It takes you to hell and forces you to confront the Devil. The Devil is you. The Devil is your Shadow. Only Devils can become Gods. That is the law of the dialectic.” ― Thomas Stark, The Stairway to Consciousness: The Birth of Self-Awareness from Unconscious Archetypes
- We should not feel embarrassed by our difficulties, only by our failure to grow anything beautiful from them. Alain de Botton
- “God’s grace is strong enough to hold me steady through every difficulty.” ― Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind
- “I will finish what I have began.” ― Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
- With every adversity comes a blessing because a shock acts as a reminder to oneself that we must not get stale in routine. Bruce Lee