Adversity Quote by Anne Bronte

I've learned how to turn the adversities in my life into enriching experiences. You can actually gain a lot from adversities and they make…

— Augusten Burroughs

From my father, I learned the importance of working sincerely at things to which I had committed myself, and to persevere untiringly even in…

— Koichi Tanaka

I view the experiences that I have had - both tough ones and the pleasant ones - as gifts. They've been full of lessons.…

— Deval Patrick

I learnt pity, sympathy, and what it was like to be at the other end of the stick. Such lessons can't be learnt in…

— Lionel Blue

Experience is a great teacher. You will have to go through the trials and tribulations and the ecstasies and abandoned moments of wonderfulness that…

— Frederick Lenz

I always felt called to serve, to empower and ennoble as many people as I could, teaching, truth-telling, exposing lies, bearing witness, and being…

— Cornel West

I've had a life that has taken many interesting paths. I've learned a lot from mentors who were instrumental in shaping me, and I…

— Herbie Hancock

Teaching is a very noble profession that shapes the character, caliber, and future of an individual. If the people remember me as a good…

— Anonymous

Part of the reason I went to college was that I wanted to fade out peacefully: show everybody I had gone through something that…

— Cole Sprouse

I look for lessons in every experience. It adds to my leadership abilities.

— Omarosa Manigault

I had a lot of adversity that kind of tested my maturity and things I was able to learn from and were put in…

— Marcus Smart

I had great mentors in my parents who always sought to understand the world around them. And they would push me to really think…

— Mae Jemison