Gloria Allred Quotes

Adversity will surface in some form in every life. How we prepare for it, how we meet it, makes the difference. We can be broken by adversity, or we can become stronger. The final result is up to the individual'.

My own father had always said the measure of a man wasn't how many times or how hard he got knocked down, but how fast he got back up. I made a pledge to myself that I would get up and emerge from this debacle better for having gone through it. I would live up to the expectation I had for myself. I would be the kind of man I wanted to be.

We develop our character muscles by overcoming challenges and obstacles.

One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.

Only by contending with challenges that seem to be beyond your strength to handle at the moment you can grow more surely toward the stars.

You have to handle the challenges and emerge stronger from them, rather than allow them to bog you down.

People aren't born strong. People grow stronger little by little, encountering difficult situations, learning not to run from them.

What don't break you will make you.

Difficulty shows what men are. Therefore when a difficulty falls upon you, remember that God, like a trainer of wrestlers, has matched you with a rough young man. Why? So that you may become an Olympic conqueror; but it is not accomplished without sweat.

We learn to fight and to grow strong by fighting.

Obstacles are found everywhere, and in overcoming them we nourish ourselves.

Adversity builds character and character takes you places money can't.

Today's burdens can strengthen you for tomorrow.

It is not a shame to be knocked down by other people. The important thing is to ask when you're being knocked down, 'Why am I being knocked down?' If a person can reflect in this way, then there is hope for this person.

I'm a little bit of a glutton for punishment, especially when it comes to work. I don't mind a bit of suffering. I think it's in suffering that we realize our best selves.

Life itself is always a trial. In training, you must test and polish yourself in order to face the great challenges of life.

The problem of life is not to make life easier, but to make men stronger.

ADVERSITY CAN HARDEN YOU. OR IT CAN LOOSEN YOU UP AND MAKE YOU BETTER —IF YOU LET IT.

By facing our challenges and overcoming them, we grow stronger, wiser, and more compassionate.

You don't get character because you're successful; you build character because of the hardships you face.

From adversity we can learn the value of patience.

If the game shakes me or breaks me, I hope it makes me a better man.

The essential thing in life is not so much conquering as fighting well.