406 Quotes About Overcoming-adversity

When the world told the caterpillar its life was over, the butterfly objected, “My life has just begun.

Be like seeds; do not see dirt thrown at you as your enemy, but as ground to grow.

A diamond earns its sparkle from the pressure it endures.

Don’t be afraid of criticism; the tallest trees are always confronted by the strongest winds.

Some fish love to swim upstream. Some people love to overcome challenges.

Out there beyond this brief charmed circle, all around them, invading even our own minds, was something that disbelieved and destroyed and defeated. She knew it and recognized its power and yet she would never cease to deny it. In this moment of large weakness she suddenly knew large strength, a core buried deep within her that would refuse to be daunted by the outrageous blows or the niggling trifles human life was heir to.

Turbulence stretches a tree.

I won’t lose hope. I won’t be broken.

Strength doesn't come from what you can do. It comes from overcoming the things you once thought you couldn't.