Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.
Mentally strong people overcome setbacks with confidence because adversity only makes them better.
I come from strong people who believe in the freedom of expression and, of course, a culture that believes in that. So the idea of overcoming adversity is something that is not unfamiliar.
I've dealt with a lot of adversity and came out a stronger person.
Life is truly known only to those who suffer, lose, endure adversity and stumble from defeat to defeat.
Talk about the area of overcoming adversity, sucking it up, I rate myself a 10.
The experience of democracy is like the experience of life itself-always changing, infinite in its variety, sometimes turbulent and all the more valuable for having been tested by adversity.
I didn't care what, how much adversity life threw at me. I intended to get to the top.
Weak minds sink under prosperity as well as adversity; but strong and deep ones have two high tides.
Many of the lessons we are to learn in mortality can only be received through the things we experience and sometimes suffer. And God expects and trusts us to face temporary mortal adversity with His help so we can learn what we need to learn and ultimately become what we are to become in eternity.
It is unnatural to deny effort, adversity, and pain.
Baseball is a game based on adversity. It's a game that's going to test you repeatedly. It's going to find your weaknesses and vulnerabilities and force you to adjust. That adversity, in the big picture, is a really good thing because it shows you where your weaknesses are. It gives you the opportunity to improve.
Prosperity is no just scale; adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.
As years passed away I have formed the habit of looking back upon that former self as upon another person, the remembrance of whose emotions has been a solace in adversity and added zest to the enjoyment of prosperity.