You must think of failure and defeat as the spring boards to new achievements, and to the next level of accomplishment.
Brave men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.
For gold is tried in the fire and acceptable men in the furnace of adversity.
When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.
Poverty is uncomfortable; but nine times out of ten the best thing that can happen to a young man is to be tossed overboard and compelled to sink or swim.
I always tell people there's nothing greater than a crisis to create a breakthrough. Because that's when we breakthrough usually - most people don't proactively breakthrough - they breakthrough because they have to. And the beauty of crisis is it doesn't feel beautiful, is it melts us down. And when you're melted down you can recast your life in a new way.
The individual who knows the score about life sees difficulties as opportunities
Every calamity is to be overcome by endurance.
Greatness finds us by obstacles in front of us. I don’t look at hurdles as obstacles blocking my path but opportunities to overcome.
You'll never find a better sparring partner than adversity.
Instruction for life: Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk. When you lose, don't lose the lesson. Follow the three R's: - Respect for self. - Respect for others. - Responsibility for all your actions. Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck. Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly.
I think that failure is just as important as success. In a way, failure is a kind of success if you can look at it in the right way, if you can accept it and enjoy it in the right way.
View the events you consider obstacles as perfect opportunities to test your resolve and find your purpose.
I thrive on adversity.
I don't believe in failure. I believe every setback is an opportunity to learn, regroup, get stronger, and try again.
It took mad failures for me to start to win.
Sometimes good comes through adversity. I would not be who I am today had it not been for the internment, and I like who I am.
Expand your notion of what adversity is.
Opportunities to find deeper powers within ourselves come when life seems most challenging. Negativism to the pain and ferocity of life is negativism to life. We are not there until we can say 'yea' to it all.
Where victims see adversity, extreme achievers see opportunity.
Suffering makes me hungry. Suffering allows me to put some hurt in my opponent. It's a good thing.
Every great man, every successful man, no matter what the field of endeavor, has known the magic that lies in these words: every adversity has the seed of an equivalent or greater benefit.
You can either feel sorry for yourself or treat what has happened as a gift...You get to choose
Turmoil is a call for awakening. Every challenge, great or small, is moving you to look deeper and draw forth the highest in you. You're never given a challenge beyond your ability to meet and master. You'll rise above every circumstance because you're greater than any circumstance.
If you can cultivate the right attitude, your enemies are your best spiritual teachers because their presence provides you with the opportunity to enhance and develop tolerance, patience and understanding.
