adversity builds character Quotes

If you have no enemies, you have no character.

Without your downs, without your hardships, I don't think you appreciate the ups as much.

Great necessity elevates man, petty necessity casts him down

Everyone in life faces obstacles. That's what made me who I am. I don't regret to have been bullied because probably if I would not have faced those obstacles I would not have been the man that I am. It make my stronger in a way and it helped me to forge the person that I am right now.

The enemy is the necessary condition for practicing patience.

Experience is the best teacher. I've been through a lot - going to the Olympics, going to the Finals, having a lot of good games and having a lot of bad games. It's a rollercoaster ride and I'm just happy I'm a part of it. If it was easy, then everybody could do it.

He whom prosperity humbles, and adversity strengthens, is the true hero.

Easy times are the enemy, they put us to sleep. Adversity is our friend, it wakes us up

No human ever became interesting by not failing. The more you fail and recover and improve, the better you are as a person. Ever meet someone who's always had everything work out for them with zero struggle? They usually have the depth of a puddle. Or they don't exist.

The message I'm trying to say is that I'm tough because of life experience.

Difficulty attracts the characterful man, for it is by grasping it that he fulfils himself.

Prosperity suits some people, and they blossom best in a glow of sunshine; others need the shade, and are the sweeter for a touch of frost.