Adversity Quote by Lajos Kossuth

It is surmounting difficulties that makes heroes.

— Louis Pasteur

Every character is challenging because, at the end of the day, you have to make something out of it.

— Mahira Khan

Heroes are people who face down their fears. It is that simple.

— David Gemmell

Difficulties are what makes it honorable and interesting to be alive.

— Anonymous

Surmounting difficulty is the crucible that forms character.

— Tony Robbins

“All great myths and stories follow a similar pattern. The hero gets distracted and questions his power. He struggles and flounders until he is…

— Darren Main

Difficulties are things that show a person what they are.

— Epictetus

Hard times don't create heroes. It is during the hard times when the "hero" within us is revealed.

— Bob Riley

“Heroes inevitably experience at least one very big failure (which Campbell calls an “abyss” or the “belly of the whale” experience) that tests whether…

— Ray Dalio

It's the trials and tribulations that really test a person, and coming through those difficulties is what shapes a person's character.

— Johanna Konta

Heroes are those who can somehow resist the power of the situation and act out of noble motives, or behave in ways that do…

— Philip Zimbardo

I think part of a hero construct is overcoming loss, or being abandoned, or having to make your own way in the world.

— Susan Orlean