“A lot of people think I had such a rosy career, but I wanted to identify that one of the things that helps you have a long career is learning how to deal with adversity, how to get past it. Once I learned how to get through that, others things didn't seem so hard.” PeopleThinkingLongHardHelpingSeemsWantedPastDealsCareersAdversityRosyLong Careers Author:Cal Ripken, Jr.
“Cushion the painful effects of hard blows by keeping the enthusiasm going strong, even if doing so requires struggle.” IfsHardMotivationalPainStrongStruggleEffectsAdversityBlowPainfulEnthusiasmCushionsGoing Strong Book:The Positive Principle Today Source: The Positive Principle Today
“Fighting has taught me that the caterpillar takes a while to turn into a majestic butterfly! Patience, hard work, dedication, never giving up, rising to the occasion and fighting through adversity will make you a champion; if there a will there's a way! Set your sails now but the ocean is very rough and treacherous however if you keep going you will get there.” IfsWayGivingHardTurnsFightingTaughtHard WorkGiving UpOceanAdversityOccasionsChampionRisingRoughMmaKeep GoingDedicationButterflySailNever Giving UpMajesticTreacherousCaterpillarsWork DedicationHard Work DedicationFighting Through Author:Jesse Taylor
“One of the things that I think makes it hard in this society for us to tell the truth is the kind of conventional relationship to adversity. Things aren't always easy and rather than being taught to have kindness to ourselves and others in the light of that we're taught something very different; that it's wrong and rejected - that's a lot of conditioning to step away from.” ThinkingKindDifferentHardLightEasyStepsKindnessTaughtTruth IsAdversityTelling The TruthConventionalRejectedConditioningThis Society Author:Sharon Salzberg