#adversity

Quid nomen tibi est? She was not about to offer her name up to a stranger. It was almost the only thing she possessed that nobody had stolen. ↗

— Ruth Downie

#self-possession #self-worth #strength-of-a-woman #strength-through-adversity #freedom

A happy life consists not in the absence, but in the mastery of hardships. ↗

— Helen Keller

#life

Difficulties are what makes it honorable and interesting to be alive. ↗

— Florida Scott-Maxwell

#inspirational #inspirational

You want to live? Yes! Then quit thinking you're gonna die! ↗

— Laurel Dewey

#life #strength #strength-through-adversity #courage

All the adversity I've had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me... You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you. ↗

— Walt Disney

#best #had #happens #i #kick

I suppose sooner or later in the life of everyone comes a moment of trial. We all of us have our particular devil who rides us and torments us, and we must give battle in the end. ↗

— Daphne du Maurier

#growth #life #trials #life

Nothing in the world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty… I have never in my life envied a human being who led an easy life. I have envied a great many people who led difficult lives and led them well. ↗

— Theodore Roosevelt

#adversity #easy #effort #envy #lives

Our most significant opportunities will be found in times of greatest difficulty. ↗

— Thomas S. Monson

#life #opportunity #trials #life

It's hard at times, but it makes a kid strong in ways that most people can't understand. Teaches them that even though people are left behind, new ones will inevitable take their place; that every place has something good - and bad - to offer. It makes a kid grow up fast. ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

#growing-up #hard-times #kids #life-lessons #logan-thibault

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