“Who likes adversity? No one likes it. However, we can look at adversity from a different perspective. Adversity can be a challenge that must be conquered. Everyone wants to be a winner. Only winners are able to conquer the difficulties and challenges they face.”

“Of all the virtues we can learn no trait is more useful, more essential for survival, and more likely to improve the quality of life than the ability to transform adversity into an enjoyable challenge.”

“If you can laugh in the face of adversity, you’re bullet-proof.”

“The present age of contentment will come to an end only when and if the adverse developments that it fosters challenge the sense of comfortable well-being”

“There is no education like adversity.”

“You're going through college, and you're going to be faced with a lot of things. You're going to face adversity, the main thing is don't quit. For many people it's easy to quit, but don't. That's what separates the winners from the losers, what separates the all-stars from the also-rans.”

“Rise to the challenges that life presents you. You can't develop genuine character and ability by sidestepping adversity and struggle.”

“You don't develop courage by being happy in your relationships everyday. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity.”

“The country faces big challenges and we can address these challenges together with parties from different backgrounds and ideologies who share the concerns and interest as the people of Iraq.”

“Sometimes we get through adversity only by imagining what the world might be like if our dreams should ever come true.”