Adversity Quotes

""Here cometh April again, and as far as I can see the world hath more fools in it than ever.""

- Charles Lamb

"It really is so important to keep advocating for your child and not to give up and to say, You know, maybe this is the best it can be."

- Donna Stahlhut

"It's never easy to lose. But life is not all sunshine and roses."

- AB de Villiers

"Grief when it comes, it is nothing like we expect it to be."

- Joan Didion

"There is no pain so great as the Memory of joy in present grief."

- Aeschylus

"Every soul will taste death. And We test you with evil and with good as trial; and to Us you will be returned."

- Quran

"“We have certainly created man into hardship. Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?” Surah Balad Ayat 4-5"

- Quran

"To jealousy, nothing is more frightful than laughter."

- Francoise Sagan

"No one hates war like a soldier hates war."

- Tommy Franks

"Chronic pain is no joke. And it's every day waking up not knowing how you're going to feel."

- Lady Gaga

"From 1936 on, I have taken more falls than any other 20 comedians put together. You do that, and you're gonna have problems. I had pain during the last eight films; I've had pain in 37 straight telethons. I've never had a day without pain, since March 20, 1965."

- Jerry Lewis

"Now it just hurts. Like, in the morning when I wake up, I immediately start crying because it hurts, everything."

- Selena Gomez

"For those who are chronically ill and in chronic pain: Have you had the experience of doctors not listening to you? If so, how do you not tear their heads off with your bare hands?"

- Sarah Hyland

"I have lost the ability to read, write or even watch TV, because I can't process information or any stimulation for that matter. It feels like someone came in and confiscated my brain and tied my hands behind my back to just watch and see life go by without me participating in it."

- Yolanda Hadid

"Endometriosis is not life-threatening. I know I'm lucky in the grand health scheme, but I also know that I am one of many women who grasp for a sense of consistent well-being, fight against the betrayals of their bodies and who are often met with skepticism by doctors trained to view painful periods as a lot of women who should learn to grin and bear it."

- Lena Dunham

"It starts with brain fog; for a while I couldn’t put sentences together. I'm really tired a lot. A few weeks ago I had a big campaign shoot that I had to reschedule. It's hard, but I push through, because at the end of the day, if you're not working, somebody else is."

- Bella Hadid

"The emotional side of MS is the toughest part. Depression is one of the most common symptoms that people with MS share… There are times it just comes out of nowhere and really kicks me in the ass."

- Jack Osbourne

"The fatigue is hard to explain unless you have it. Some mornings I feel really sick, like when you don't get a lot of sleep or you have the flu or cold. I always have some level of tiredness. And the more I tried to push through it, the tougher it got."

- Venus Williams

"Maybe I wasn't necessarily really good at knowing what that meant so it actually got to a point where it was life-or-death."

- Selena Gomez

"[Diabetes] is a disease I was diagnosed with when I was 13. It was a moment in my life when I was just getting ready to start making music with my brothers and touring and it was something I thought would slow me down before I even got started."

- Nick Jonas

"All Birds find shelter during a rain. But Eagle avoids rain by flying above the Clouds. Problems are common, but attitude makes the difference!!!"

- A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

"Man needs difficulties in life because they are necessary to enjoy the success."

- A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

"In prosperity our friends know us; in adversity we know our friends."

- John Churton Collins

"The higher you climb on the mountain, the harder the wind blows."

- Sam Cummings

""It isn't the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it's the pebble in your shoe.""

- Muhammad Ali

"The beach ate me."

- Cruz Ramirez

"What do transplant nurses hate? Rejection."

"What’s it called when a hospital runs out of maternity nurses? A midwife crisis."

"I'm not an early bird or a night owl, I'm a permanently exhausted pigeon."

"It is our experiences that mold us into who we are...during times of adversity our true character will show."