Quotes About Adversity and Challenge

Adversity is the diamond dust that heaven polishes its jewels with.

A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner.

The storm also beats on the house that is built on the rock.

Don’t ask for a light load, but rather ask for a strong back.

Who indeed can harm you if you are committed deeply to doing what is right?

It is not the critic who counts, nor the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows great enthusiasms, great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.

Accept challenges, so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory.

Adventure is worthwhile.

Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.