Wendy Davis Quotes

People can grow from adversity as much as they do from prosperity.

We've had some tough times, but we've hung in there.

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

'Seat at the Table' has expressed real adversity, struggle, and also triumph and joy.

Going through rough times will only make me and my team stronger.

The greatness comes not when things go always good for you. But the greatness comes when you're really tested, when you take some knocks, some disappointments, when sadness comes. Because only if you've been in the deepest valley can you ever know how magnificent it is to be on the highest mountain.

Know that what you do in the time of your greatest trial can be your greatest triumph

Nothing is better for self-esteem than survival.

The depth of your struggle determines the height of your success.

I just know that right now, we want to be proud. For once. We want to take the struggle and rise above it. We want to frame it, live it, survive it. We want to put it in our mouths and taste it and never forget it, because it makes us strong.

One could draw up all different kinds of adversity depending on what your weakness is.

The mere fact that you have obstacles to overcome is in your favor.

I have never yet met a successful person who hasn't had to overcome either a little or a lot of adversity in his or her life. If life there is a lot of lumps and bumps... a lot of throttling up and a lot of throttling down.

We are facing a stiff wind right now, but if we persist and keep fighting back, we will prevail.

There's always got to be a struggle. What else is there? That's what life is made of. I don't know anything else. If there is, tell me about it.

Many men owe the grandeur of their lives to their tremendous difficulties.

I've learned at the book signings that everyone has obstacles.

I came from abject poverty. There was nowhere to go but up.

Adversity is the diamond dust Heaven polishes its jewels with.

The apprenticeship of difficulty is one which the greatest of men have had to serve.

If you want to see the sunshine, you have to weather the storm.

Man needs his difficulties because they are necessary to enjoy success.

Life is supposed to get tough.

We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.

Some people with awful cards can be successful because of how they deal with the tragedies they're handed, and that seems courageous to me.