Zelda Fitzgerald Quotes

Poverty is the schoolmaster of character.

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

In times of adversity and change, we really discover who we are and what we're made of.

Adversity is an opportunity for self-discovery.

There's always a positive to those negative times, because you come out of it so much stronger and wiser. Strength comes from every hardship, and it's been a lesson for me.

Life asks not merely what you can do; it asks how much can you endure and not be spoiled.

It's a shallow life that doesn't give a person a few scars.

I never said I wanted a 'happy' life but an interesting one. From separation and loss, I have learned a lot. I have become strong and resilient, as is the case of almost every human being exposed to life and to the world. We don't even know how strong we are until we are forced to bring that hidden strength forward.

I count life just a stuff to try the soul's strength on.

When you see how you react when you suffer that's when you know what you are made of.

They say everything you go through in your childhood builds character and inner strength.

I probably wouldn't be a songwriter if I didn't grow up the way I did. It was difficult and it was at times very scary to grow up in a household so unsettled and at times very violent. But, it also, I guess it earned me a sort of wisdom at a young age that's served me well.

From a person standpoint, the old expression of what doesn't kill you makes you stronger is somewhat true.

I've seen a lot in my life. I've seen a lot of winning. I've seen a lot of testing times. I think when you're tested, you really find out what you're made of, OK?

Living through war has helped make me pretty strong.

I think a person's true worth is measured during times of failure.

In our culture, I feel like everyone just wants the good life, the dream life, but I'm learning to embrace suffering because with suffering there's so much good that comes out of it.

It's the trials and tribulations that really test a person, and coming through those difficulties is what shapes a person's character.

You take a look back at some tough parts of your life, just bad things that have happened: they tend to build your character and make you who you are.

Adversity teaches a man a lot about himself.

That loss was to breed an independence, a toughness of spirit, and an awareness of adversity and discipline that have never left me,.

You cannot build up a character in a solitude; you need a formed character to stand a solitude.

It's impossible to go through life unscathed. Nor should you want to. By the hurts we accumulate, we measure both our follies and our accomplishments.

Every single experience, every single thing that's happened in my life, struggle, obstacle, trials and tribulations, I think they've all molded me to become the character and the person who I am.

You have to go through tough experiences and go through some battles, in order to be stronger.