“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.”

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (1934) Hungarian American psychologist

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

Ricky Gervais (1961) English comedian, actor, director, producer, musician, writer, and former radio presenter

“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”

John Kenneth Galbraith book The Culture of Contentment

“There is no education like adversity.”

Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881) British Conservative politician, writer, aristocrat and Prime Minister

“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.”

Mr. T (1952) American actor and retired professional wrestler

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

Daisaku Ikeda (1928) Japanese writer

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

Epicurus (-341–-269 BC) ancient Greek philosopher

“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.”

Raid Jahid Fahmi (1950) Iraqi politician

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

Arthur Golden book Memoirs of a Geisha