“We’re stronger than things are terrible, and things are pretty terrible, so that means we’re pretty damn strong.”— Jordan B. Peterson, youtube.com
“I learned a lot down in Mexico. I learned that sometimes to be the man, you gotta beat the man. I learned the grass is not always greener. I learned that adversity's sweet milk. That's philosophy, April.”— David Gordon Green, Kenny Powers, Danny McBride, imdb.com
“The flower that blooms in adversity is the most rare and beautiful of all.”— Rita Hsiao, The Emperor (voice), Pat Morita, imdb.com
“Ordinary men avoid trouble. Extraordinary men turn it to their advantage. You and I have that in common.”— Howard Korder, Gaston Means, Stephen Root, imdb.com
“When life gives you lemons, make apple sauce.”— Larry Doyle, Peter Gaffney, Angelica Pickles, Cheryl Chase, imdb.com
“I have never yet met a successful person that hasn’t had to overcome either a little or a lot of adversity in his or her life. Overnight success is much more of a myth than reality.”— Harvey Mackay, harveymackay.com
“Your daughter’s face is a small riot, her hands are a civil war, a refugee camp behind each ear.”— Warsan Shire, amazon.com
“I don't mind people hating me, because it pushes me. When I go to play away they are always against me, but it's good.”— Cristiano Ronaldo, telegraph.co.uk
“Both taking on a challenge, and creating something, is painful. But it’s fulfilling.”— Naoshi Arakawa, Patrick Seitz, Takao Yoshioka, Kousei Arima, Natsuki Hanae, imdb.com
“Setbacks come with the territory of becoming a superstar. In the face of adversity, that's when you know if someone’s the real deal or not. Or so they say. The stars shine at night, you know.”— Naoshi Arakawa, Patrick Seitz, Takao Yoshioka, Ryouta Watari, Ryota Ohsaka, imdb.com
“The continuity of our science has not been affected by all these turbulent happenings, as the older theories have always been included as limiting cases in the new ones.”— Max Born, en.wikiquote.org
“Corrections are in order. There’s a way to make this work, and that way is hard, but necessary. As Taleb says, 'become antifragile, or die.'”— Brian Koppelman, David Levien, Alice O'Neill, Taylor Mason, Asia Kate Dillon, imdb.com
“So I want all the girls watching here and now to know that a new day is on the horizon! And when that new day finally dawns, it will be because of a lot of magnificent women, many of whom are right here in this room tonight, and some pretty phenomenal men, fighting hard to make sure that they become…”— Oprah Winfrey, nytimes.com
“And I’ve interviewed and portrayed people who’ve withstood some of the ugliest things life can throw at you, but the one quality all of them seem to share is an ability to maintain hope for a brighter morning — even during our darkest nights.”— Oprah Winfrey, nytimes.com
“Rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.”— J.K. Rowling, harvardmagazine.com
“We had some adverse conditions in the '60s, in the '70s and the '80s. The agency has risen above that in the past and will rise above that again.”— Alan Shepard, en.wikiquote.org
“Life is, in fact, a battle. Evil is insolent and strong; beauty enchanting, but rare; goodness very apt to be weak; folly very apt to be defiant; wickedness to carry the day; imbeciles to be in great places, people of sense in small, and mankind generally unhappy. But the world as it stands is no na…”— Henry James, amazon.com
“The oak fought the wind and was broken, the willow bent when it must and survived.”— Robert Jordan, amazon.com
“Even in its darkest passages, the heart is unconquerable. It is important that the body survives, but it is more meaningful that the human spirit prevails.”— Dave Pelzer, amazon.com