Hard Times

Adversity is a necessary and important part of life. Adversity strengthens each of us in ways that success cannot.

Stop worrying so much. Stop being scared of the unknown. Anything I worried about didn't happen. Other stuff happened, but not what I worried about.

At some point, you're going to find yourself on the bench and you're going to have two choices: you can sit and sulk and feel sorry for yourself, or you can accept what you cannot control and refocus your energy, preparing yourself for the next opportunity life brings you.

If you want to change the world, you must be your very best in the darkest moment.

Nobody cares how tough your upbringing was. Nobody cares if you suffered some discrimination. And moreover, you have to remember that whatever you've gone through, it pales in comparison to the hardships previous generations endured — and they overcame them.

It's not what happens to you. It's what you do with what happens to you.

Without God, life's storms are too strong to withstand. But with Him, there is no storm that can destroy you.

Adversity is an opportunity. Adversity will make you stronger. Adversity will mold you into the person that you're meant to be.

It's moments like these that force us to try harder, to dig deeper, and to discover gifts we never knew we had — to find the greatness that lies within each of us.

Really when I look back on it, I wouldn't change a thing. I mean, it was so important for me to lose everything because I found out what the most important thing is — to be true to yourself.

A lot of other folk will tell you that the sky is falling. I will not tell you that the sky is falling. I will say that those are pennies from heaven. Because I've seen this movie before and I know how it turns out.

It is what you do during those valleys that will determine the heights of your peaks.