#adversity

I’ve learned that everything happens for a reason,” the yogi Krishnan told him. “Every event has a why and all adversity teaches us a lesson... Never regret your past. Accept it as the teacher that it is. ↗

— Robin S. Sharma

#growth #teacher

You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it. ↗

— Maya Angelou

#character #failure #perseverance #character

Sometimes things have to go wrong in order to go right. ↗

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

#right

If the road is easy, you're likely going the wrong way. ↗

— Terry Goodkind

#sword #truth #wrong

Affliction is a good man's shining time. ↗

— Edward Young

#character #hard-times #perseverance #trials #perseverance

If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it: Every arrow that flies feels the pull of the earth. ↗

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

#aspirations #aspiration

Hope itself is like a star- not to be seen in the sunshine of prosperity, and only to be discovered in the night of adversity. ↗

— Charles H. Spurgeon

#adversity

Sweet are the uses of adversity Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, Wears yet a precious jewel in his head. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#shakespeare #adversity

The oak fought the wind and was broken, the willow bent when it must and survived. ↗

— Robert Jordan

#resilience #strength #adversity

The friend in my adversity I shall always cherish most. I can better trust those who have helped to relieve the gloom of my dark hours than those who are so ready to enjoy with me the sunshine of my prosperity. ↗

— Ulysses S. Grant

#adversity