Oswald Chambers Quotes

Opposition strengthens the manly will.

One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.

I have been fascinated with survival and having to go on no matter what. That always appealed to me.

What don't break you will make you.

Hardships can harden even the best person.

To be honest...here is a task for all that a man has of fortitude...

That loss was to breed an independence, a toughness of spirit, and an awareness of adversity and discipline that have never left me,.

My own father had always said the measure of a man wasn't how many times or how hard he got knocked down, but how fast he got back up. I made a pledge to myself that I would get up and emerge from this debacle better for having gone through it. I would live up to the expectation I had for myself. I would be the kind of man I wanted to be.

Bad times make good people, as mountainous pressures make diamonds or as fire tempers steel.

Adversity builds character and character takes you places money can't.

The true test of a character is to face hard conditions with the determination to make them better.

I try to view the challenges in my life not as annoyances, but as confirmations of fortitude.

No man is more unhappy than he who never faces adversity. For he is not permitted to prove himself.

This camp is a forge for the army; it's testing our mettle. Instead of heat and hammer, our trials are cold and hunger. Question is, what are we made of?

You're always going to face criticism, you're always going to face challenges, but those things are there to make you stronger and more committed.

You don't get character because you're successful; you build character because of the hardships you face.

A true champion is not judged by how much he or she is admired, but by how well they can stand at the face of adversity.

People need trouble - a little frustration to sharpen the spirit on, toughen it. Artists do; I don't mean you need to live in a rat hole or gutter, but you have to learn fortitude, endurance. Only vegetables are happy.

As I always say, I do not wish you an easy time, but I wish you that whatever difficulty you may have, you will overcome it.

Every day has its own challenges, and every day those challenges make us stronger.

I have lived long enough to be battered by the realities of life, and not too long to be downed by them.

Difficulty shows what men are. Therefore when a difficulty falls upon you, remember that God, like a trainer of wrestlers, has matched you with a rough young man. Why? So that you may become an Olympic conqueror; but it is not accomplished without sweat.

What doesn't kill you makes you stronger, everybody knows this!

It's not how hard you hit. It's how hard you get hit... and keep moving forward.

When life kicks you in the teeth and knocks you down to the ground. Are you able to stand up and keep fighting?! That’s what it’s all about.