100 Quotes About Strength Through Adversity

A man is nothing without dreams. A man is called idiot while he dreams. Whatever he does, he'll be judged and thrown away from the circle of clowns. And yet he needs acceptance and security from sick society, which is discriminatory far too often. But a man is blinded by other people opinions. He wants to fly and they say, “You moron, you can't do that, it's forbidden, it's stupid.” And a man gives up on his dreams. Asper Blurry

Hope is made of air, and wishes. An empty box wrapped in shiny paper. And now Dad wants me to be the ambassador of hope for his foundation. How can I be the ambassador of hope, when hope doesn't change anything? When unrealized hopes only bring pain and despair? Clara Kensie

I thank God every day for this life, and I want there to be more, though that’s not known. What is known is that I’m alive today, this minute. And that’s pretty much what we all have — this day, this moment. Edie Littlefield Sundby

Through the Grace of God and His medicine I am healed.” The prayer was accompanied by a vision straight out of Braveheart, a line of Scottish Highland warriors in kilts with huge shields and long spears marching in brave unison and attacking and killing the cancer. They were advancing, towards the cancer, striking and killing it with strong accurate thrusts from their sharp spears. The vision was so strong I could hear marching feet, and visibly see the cancer in me dying. “Through the Grace of God and His medicine I am healed, ” became my constant prayer. The prayer awakened with me each day, coming on the wings of the morning. It followed in my heart through the day, and was on my lips as I drifted to sleep at night. Edie Littlefield Sundby

When I put down Lance Armstrong’s book, I understood something profoundly. Edie, if you can move, you’re not sick. I decided right then and there that no matter what cancer did to me I would continue to move. Movement was what the physical body was designed to do; it was how it coped and functioned. Movement was vitality. It was life. I would move. Always. No matter what. Until my last breath, I would move. . Edie Littlefield Sundby

I started to walk the day I was told I was dying of cancer. I believe walking has kept me alive. I live with a constant, pressing awareness of death. Once I start to walk, I am not afraid anymore; all is well. Edie Littlefield Sundby

I walk to rid myself of the terror of cancer, and to overcome the fear of it coming back. The fear may never completely fade, but actively engaging life — whatever that may involve — reminds me of the joy each day can bring. Edie Littlefield Sundby

I love to walk. Walking is a spiritual journey and a reflection of living. Each of us must determine which path to take and how far to walk; we must find our own way, what is right for one may not be for another. There is no single right way to deal with late stage cancer, to live life or approach death, or to walk an old mission trail. Edie Littlefield Sundby

Prophet, ' he said, 'Your doctrines I do not know; therefore if I accepted them, I would do it out of fear like a coward and a base man. Are you anxious that your faith be professed by cowards and base people? Henryk Sienkiewicz

Stand like a beaten anvil, when thy dream Is laid upon thee, golden from the fire. Flinch not, though heavily through that furnace-gleam The black forge-hammers fall on thy desire. Demoniac giants round thee seem to loom.' Tis but the world-smiths heaving to and fro. Stand like a beaten anvil. Take the doom Their ponderous weapons deal thee, blow on blow. Needful to truth as dew-fall to the flower Is this wild wrath and this implacable scorn. For every pang, new beauty, and new power, Burning blood-red shall on thy heart be born. Stand like a beaten anvil. Let earth's wrong Beat on that iron and ring back in song. Alfred Noyes

With God, you are stronger than your struggles and more fierce than your fears. God provides comfort and strength to those who trust in Him. Be encouraged, keep standing, and know that everything's going to be alright. Germany Kent

My friend Bailey is looking at me with tears in her eyes and a smile of pure joy. She sees me, the real me, not the broken little bird that my mother sees, or the Ambassador of Hope that my father sees, or the girl who was stupid enough to walk off with a stranger and ruin everyone's lives that my sister sees. Bailey sees me as I want to be: a normal, non-newsworthy, non-broken, non-victimized sixteen-year-old girl. Clara Kensie

My Keeper's house. Right there. Brown shingles, dark red shutters, yellow-and-black police tape wrapped around the massive tree trunks. The attic window looks out over the yard and the world narrows until that attic window is the only thing I can see. Clara Kensie

So many cameras are on me. This press conference is going to be on every news channel and posted on the internet. Thousands, maybe millions of people will see me. And they will all be thinking: Victim. Victim. Victim. Clara Kensie

I think there’s a point in everyone’s life where they realize that despite their best efforts, they have no choice but to surrender. That carrying on will only bring them more pain or heartache. I don’t think there’s any way that we can avoid these moments. But I just want you to know that I’m not quite there yet. Tessa Clare

What makes one strong is not the ability to confront adversity and cruelty, but rather the ability to love in spite of it. Christopher Earle

There is strength in every struggle. Struggles create opportunities for you to become stronger, wiser and better. The moment you shift your thinking from "I cannot" to "I must, " you will begin to see 'Beyond the Pain' and draw strength from within. Learn to see each obstacle as a stepping stone and watch your life change significantly. Kemi Sogunle

If you have strength of character, you can use that as fuel to not only be a survivor but to transcend simply being a survivor, use an internal alchemy to turn something rotten and horrible into gold. Zeena Schreck

Spending time looking for what is missing in your life is futile; if you fail to look within yourself. When we challenge everything we believe we are, we reveal that which we never knew about our own selves. Nicolas G. Janovsky

I must rule with eye and claw – as the hawk among lesser birds. - Duke Leto Atreides Frank Herbert

As with everything else, the more we separate ourselves from each other, the weaker we become. Teresa R. Funke

It is has been a long time since I have written one of my statuses about life. I have been very busy trying to promote my Fan page, Friends and services, and my books. However, I can tell you all one thing for certain. I am not a Quitter. I will not stop writing books. I will not stop pushing myself to succeed. I will not stop being who I am. I am a winner. Winning is an attitude. You take the good with the bad and you keep on going. It gets hard, you get tired and sometimes burnt out but you keep on going anyway, because you can. Winners have setbacks, but winners learn tighten their belts and go on. Winner look at what has gone wrong and instead of complaining they find ways of doing it better. Winners know that Rome was not built in a day and take every day as it comes. Winners do not whine, they roar. Alexander Stone

The father and daughter made their way north, through unknown sylvan paradises where only the owls and skunks know their way around. The hard work of paddling non-stop for many hours had long since stopped being difficult for Saweyimew. In spite of her beauty and grace, her back had grown strong and sinewy from years of canoe trips. She reveled in the exhilaration it always brought her, after the first few hours left her body insensible to pain or discomfort. Warm and tingly, lulled into peaceful contemplation by hours of the rhythmic paddling, the smell of the water, exotic blooms, animal musk. It all combined as one to make her feel so alive. Especially when it rained, and her body steamed against the cool drops, feeling invincible against the elements. The mountain of her father's back was like a rock against anything nature could throw against them. The stream of fragrant pipe-smoke still flowing from his lips, regardless of any obstacle. She felt at that moment, nothing would ever stop her father's pipe from smoking. Nothing, not death, not any force of the living or spirit world, would ever still her father's heart. Rain cleansing her to the core, she was a spring of raw power and self-reliance, paddling against all adversity--their master completely. Her father's daughter. At times like that, when it rained, she entirely understood and shared her father's outlook on life. Alexei Maxim Russell

Love is our strength to overcome the evils of the world. Amit Ray

Although it is easy to imagine happiness as the upwards turn on this haphazard rising and falling of emotion which is life, but really it is a foundation of strength of character and inner balance that precipitates peace, a foundation that is slowly built or slowly chipped away. There are times when it may seem that the foundation of happiness is broken, but as the dust settles and the debris is cleared away, we find that the storm has only covered it, still leaving everything we have built in place. True happiness is forged in the furnace of perseverance, fortitude, hope and love. It is not burned or broken by the heat, rather it is made unbreakable–it becomes eternal. Life is the fuel for this purifying fire. Michael Brent Jones

You’ve no idea the restraint I’ve created. A word, which in a past life, never held special meaning for me, flows now through the blood of my veins as if to remind me it was always there. Like you, always there. You said I was not strong. So I created strength to fight against these natural feelings which keep me tied to you. I drew a line in the sand so I would not step towards your door again. I have boundaries, strength and pride. What I do not have is you. And that is the only part I wanted. You’ve no idea the restraint I’ve created. You’ve no idea the bold wall I’ve built to keep me out of your compromising arms. Coco J. Ginger

Every time you try and fail, Every time your hope gets stuck in the deeps, And you wonder just how you'd get through the sail- Don't forget that underneath your pain, Is an anchor of great strength and fortitude Keep digging until you find it... And when you do, R I S E! Chinonye J. Chidolue

We must graciously endure the times. Lailah Gifty Akita

The true test of a warrior is how your 'stance' holds up after any 'circumstance'. Meaning, even after the stormiest weather, a true warrior will still reflect the brilliant rays of the magnificent sun through both his or her eyes. You may get hit by sudden lightning or take severe beatings from the cruel wind, but you will always get back up and stand strong on your feet again, soak in the sunlight, and be prepared to get hit by even the most merciless hail - time and time again. Suzy Kassem

To live this life. To live it with wholeness and gratitude and trust. In the pain and the glory. In the mess and the grace. In the sacred and the desperation. This is the stuff of which real superheros are born. Jeanette LeBlanc

We must read, mediate and affirm the writings of Holy Scriptures, to partake in the divine nature and overcome the struggles of life. Lailah Gifty Akita

You'll never cross an emotional bridge, if you keep rushing back to the other side. T.F. Hodge

We go straight". I say again. "If we start making turns, we might not know what direction is what. If we keep going straight, at least we know how to get back to where we came from if we get into trouble. I know it's tiring, but walking uphill is a good thing-every step we take is a step closer to getting out." "I see shoulders droop, I hear heavy sighs. They don't want to agree with me; they want to go the easier way". Scott Sigler

My father used to say that when hunting a shark, we should either kill it or let it go. To cage a shark is sheer cruelty, and I cannot live like a shark in a cage any longer. Micheal Joseph Murano

There are so many people who though can fight life and win greatly, yet they have imprisoned their own true strength and they just beg at the feet of defeat and miserable life, knowingly or unknowingly, at the expense of their true purpose! Awake whilst you have life and do something noble with all our might now! Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

You are alone because you were born alone. And though you were born alone, you found a reason and the strength to shake yourself, though as helpless as you were at birth, for the whole universe to hear and know that you have not just arrived, but you are healthy, and you commended and moved things and people around you with your cry, even as an infant! And though it all seems you are alone, note that once you can breathe, you are never alone! Smile, for there is an indomitable power within you, given to you by God! Realize your God, realize your power! Awake and realize your true strength and the strong power within you! Face life and do not just challenge the challenges in life but conquer them with all boldness and fortitude. Step by step, complete the steps! It is always not all that easy, but, be strong and beat life no matter what! . Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

You are alone because you were born alone. And though you were born alone, you found a reason and the strength to shake yourself, though as helpless as you were at birth, for the whole universe to hear and know that you have not just arrived, but you are healthy, and you commanded and moved things and people around you with your cry, even as an infant! And though it all seems you are alone, note that once you can breathe, you are never alone! Smile, for there is an indomitable power within you, given to you by God! Realize your God, realize your power! Awake and realize your true strength and the strong power within you! Face life and do not just challenge the challenges in life but conquer them with all boldness and fortitude. Step by step, complete the steps! It is always not all that easy, but, be strong and beat life no matter what! . Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

Never strike out of anger if at all possible, this will give your enemy the advantage and strengthen his resolve and psyche Soke Behzad Ahmadi

Let it be a footprint that you ones lived! Let it be a footprint that you thought failure a lesson! Let it be a footprint that you were stronger than life hurdles! Let it be a footprint that your speech was awesome! Let it be a footprint that you left a distinctive mark on minds! Let it be a footprint that you were the best father ever! Let it be a footprint that a great mother once lived ! Let it be a footprint that once lived a humble yet an assertive you! Let it be a footprint that you stood for what is just regardless of the odds! Let it be a footprint that you fed the hungry! Let it be a footprint that you protected the vulnerable! Let it be a footprint that you lived for Christ! Let it be a footprint that you were courageous and not a coward! Let it be a footprint that a great worker is gone! Let it be a footprint that a good heart is gone! Let it be a footprint that you were a noble accomplisher ! Let it be a footprint that you knew the essence of time! Let it be a footprint that you knew when to ignore and when to respond! Let it be a footprint! Let it be a footprint! Let it be a footprint! Let it be a footprint that though you are leaving, you are living! Let it be a footprint that you shall be missed! What footprint are you leaving behind? . Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

Let it be a footprint that you ones lived! Let it be a footprint that though you were not knocked down by failure! Let it be a footprint that you were stronger than life hurdles! Let it be a footprint that your speech was awesome! Let it be a footprint that you left a distinctive mark on minds! Let it be a footprint that you were the best father ever! Let it be a footprint that a great mother once lived ! Let it be a footprint that once lived a humble yet an assertive you! Let it be a footprint that you stood for what is just regardless of the odds! Let it be a footprint that you fed the hungry! Let it be a footprint that you protected the vulnerable! Let it be a footprint that you lived for Christ! Let it be a footprint that you were courageous and not a coward! Let it be a footprint that a great worker is gone! Let it be a footprint that a good heart is gone! Let it be a footprint that you were a noble accomplisher ! Let it be a footprint that you knew the essence of time! Let it be a footprint that you knew when to ignore and when to respond! Let it be a footprint! Let it be a footprint! Let it be a footprint! Let it be a footprint that though you are leaving, you are living! Let it be a footprint that you shall be missed! What footprint are you leaving behind? . Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

You have no control over what happens to you! You can only pray for grace and strength to endure any situation. Lailah Gifty Akita

Do not dwell on the past. Focus on the precious moments and gracious future. Lailah Gifty Akita

May our lifestyles be a testimony of the hope we have in Christ Jesus. Lailah Gifty Akita

In the darkest time, I have always believed, the light will shine. Lailah Gifty Akita

They oppressed us but unable to kill our spirit. Lailah Gifty Akita

May the resurrection power of Christ, awake in us a greater spiritual force and strength, so that we can passionately pursue our God-given dreams. Lailah Gifty Akita

Countless possibilities exist in any situation. You must maintain a positive outlook to see the miraculous possibilities. Lailah Gifty Akita

Let go of your all fears, be strong. Lailah Gifty Akita

The Lord is my redeemer. The Lord is my defender Lailah Gifty Akita

We are surrounded by adversity but we shall triumph because we have a greater spirit Lailah Gifty Akita

Do it double, because some can't do it at all. Clara Kensie

Something contracts in my chest. The air shifts, grows heavy and dense as mud. Alexa twists her hair around her finger and whispers, "Didn't you even try to escape, Charlotte? Clara Kensie

I say to my sister, "I thought you were doing the things in our Dream Book. I was sure of it." "Why would I do that stuff without you?" "Because you could."" Well, you were wrong. Clara Kensie

Each second of my four years, two months, and seven days in the attic dragged on forever, and nothing ever changed. But outside the attic, everything changed, and so violently fast. Destruction and devastation for all of us, whether we were in the attic or out. Clara Kensie

The only thing that gave me comfort in the attic was thinking about my family. Now I'm home, but it's not the home I imagined. Not the family I imagined. I'd convinced myself that they'd continued on with their happy, carefree lives without me, that they were doing it double, because I couldn't do it at all. I was wrong. Clara Kensie

My sister has never not told me something before. We used to share every secret, every thought. While I was in the attic, it felt like we were forever far away. Now I'm with her again. We're so close that we're touching, but there's still a distance between us. Clara Kensie

Alexa's face whitens. The coil of hair loosens itself from her finger. "You did it for me. You never fought back. Because you thought you were keeping me safe." I pull up my gaze to meet hers. "Yeah.""I--" It's a strangled, high-pitched sound, laced with shock and grief. Then she bites her lips shut. Her chin trembles, just once, before she turns away. Clara Kensie

My Keeper took everything from me: my home, my family, my voice. He made me powerless. But I'm home now. It may be split in two, but I have it back. My family may be broken, but I have it back. I have my voice back. I am not powerless anymore. Clara Kensie

A clear line of distinctness must be drawn between the environment of the body and the environment of the mind or both the body and the mind be regarded as intertwined and be deprived of strength and efficiency. When the body is in crises, the mind must not be and when the mind is in crises, the body must not be. Such is tenacity and nimbleness Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

We are God's chosen people. We are God's treasured possession. Let us rise in mighty strength to possess our rightful places as God's children. Lailah Gifty Akita

Events may be horrible or inescapable. Men have always a choice - if not whether, then how, they may endure. Lois McMaster Bujold

Quests always have their ups and downs, ' rumbled the giant. 'The point is never to give up, even if you're falling off a cliff. You never know what might happen on the way to the bottom. Nancy Farmer

The most painful moment in my life also became the moment I showed the most strength and courage. Cecelia Ahern

What is a good man if not one who does not believe in himself to the exclusion of others? ... He was asked to bear what cannot be borne--what should not be borne. I hope never to be so tested, for I have it on the best authority that I will not bear it. Norman Lock

I like strong people. The ones who have gone through immense pain and hardened like a clay pot. They feel pain, but they smile. They faced problems and emerged victorious. Maybe, they lack materialistic things, but they are the ones with 'peace of mind.' One thing I long, everyone longs. I like strong people. The ones who have peace of mind. The ones who know not having things is OK. Saru Singhal

You got to face your evil, Hoodoo, " Zeke said. "If people don't face the danger that's seeking them, evil will find them first. Unknown

Sometimes the worst brings out the best in you, Sometimes the lowest tide ushers in the biggest change, Sometimes the gravest wounds translate into deepest wisdom, Sometimes the nadir leads you to the zenith - All you need to do is - To Hold On Manprit Kaur

Be strong. There is hope in any situation. Lailah Gifty Akita

Never lose faith, hope and courage. Lailah Gifty Akita

Arise in the power of might. Lailah Gifty Akita

Let you limitation fuel your determination to work on your strengths. Lailah Gifty Akita

Hang on! God will be thy strength in any act of your pursuit. Lailah Gifty Akita

Often what feels like the end of the world is really a challenging pathway to a far better place. Karen Salmansohn

I could stand alone because I knew I was not alone. Emma Raveling