“I learned to put 100 percent into what you're doing. I learned about setting goals for yourself, knowing where you want to be and taking small steps toward those goals. I learned about adversity and how to get past it.” WantPastGoalStepsKnowingPercentAdversitySettingSettingsSetting GoalsSmall Steps Author:Kristi Yamaguchi
“If you break your neck, if you have nothing to eat, if your house is on fire, then you got a problem. Everything else is inconvenience.” IfsLifeProblemHouseGoalBreakFireTroublePositiveFutureDifficultyAdversityUpliftingPositive AttitudeHard TimesNecksEncouragingTough TimesOvercoming AdversityInconvenienceLife Is HardOvercoming ChallengesWords Of EncouragementTimes Of AdversityCoping MechanismsInspirational AdversityLump In The ThroatTough ProblemsTroubles In Life Book:Uh-Oh: Some Observations from Both Sides of the Refrigerator Door Source: Uh-Oh: Some Observations from Both Sides of the Refrigerator Door
“In my practice as a psychiatrist, I have found that helping people to develop personal goals has proven to be the most effective way to help them cope with problems. Observing that lives of people who have mastered adversity, I have noticed that they have established goals and sought with all their effort to achieve them. From the moment they decided to concentrate all their energies on a specific objective, they begun to surmount the most difficult odds.” PeopleWayMomentsHelpingProblemFoundEnergyDifficultGoalEffortPracticeAchieveDecidedAdversityObjectivesOddsProvenHelping PeopleObservingPsychiatristPersonal Goal Author:Ari Kiev
“We're just a fragile team right now. It seems like when we have a little bit of adversity, when something goes wrong, you can feel it on the bench, it kind of sinks. Unless we get a goal or something really positive happens, it's tough. I think falling out of the playoff race takes the wind out of your sails for sure.” ThinkingFeelsKindLittlesSeemsHappensFallBitsGoalRaceTeamWindRight NowLittle BitToughAdversityFragileSailBenchesPlayoffsReally Positive Author:Wes Walz
“Adversity is something that makes reaching your goals so much more rewarding than if it didn't exist.” IfsGoalAdversityReachingReaching Your Goals Author:Lennox Lewis
“I think the key to success is vision that adjusts on the way, but doesn’t at all falter. It’s about not compromising and following your gut to a certain degree, based on knowledge, instinct, etc. And not listening to the naysayers.... You develop strength through adversity. You have to keep moving towards your goal through huge obstacles.” ThinkingWayMovingCertainGoalVisionHugeKeysListeningDegreesAdversityInstinctFollowingObstaclesCompromiseGutsEtcKey To SuccessKeep MovingStrength Through AdversityNaysayers Author:Millard Drexler
“Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can complel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and goals, so that security and liberty may prosper together.” MayWisdomTogetherPeaceGoalFreedomAbilityLibertyKnowledgeSecurityMilitaryHugeDifficultyAdversityMethodDefensePeacefulFarewellMachineryUfoKnowledgeableKnowledge WisdomCitizenryMilitary Industrial ComplexFarewell AddressTake Nothing For GrantedSecurity And Liberty Author:Dwight D. Eisenhower
“Dealing with adversity is like preparing for surgery. By putting our faith in what the doctor has said, we believe we will be better off if we have the surgery. But that does not make it any less painful. By submitting to the hand of a surgeon, we are saying that our ultimate goal is health, even at the cost of pain. Adversity is the same way. It is a means to an end. It is God's tool for the advancement of our spiritual lives.” IfsWayBelieveMeanDoeSaidEndsHandsPainSpiritualGoalCostToolsDoctorsUltimateAdversityPainfulSpiritual LifeSurgeryPreparingBetter OffAdvancementSurgeonsUltimate GoalMeans To An End Book:How to Handle Adversity Source: How to Handle Adversity