Turning Adversity into Opportunity Quotes

Misfortune nobly born is good fortune.

Success is ... what we can make of the mess we have made of things.

There are no circumstances, however unfortunate, that clever people do not extract some advantage from.

Misfortune may become fortune through patience.

When you're in a situation where somebody puts something on you that you don't even know how to defend because it's not true... how do you defend that? It's just like, 'You know what? I'm going to take what you said about me, flip it, and make it lucrative.'

Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant.

I grew up with nothing, and that was my motivation.

I always try to take the unexpected things and make them work for me.

Each disaster became a steppingstone for growth.

Misfortune, no less than happiness, inspires us to dream.

Writing is turning one's worst moments into money.

You've got to think lucky. If you fall into a mudhole, check your back pocket - you might have caught a fish.

I always felt if something bad happens, it can be your best opportunity. The times I was most depressed turned out to be the best things.

Many of the good things would never have happened if the bad events hadn't happened first.

Always seek out the seed of triumph in every adversity.

Kevin Reeves...proving an ill wind blows nobody no good.

Flom had the same experience...He didn't triumph over adversity. Instead, what started out as adversity ended up being an opportunity.

The most extraordinary thing about the oyster is this. Irritations set into his shell. He does not like them. But when he cannot get ride of them, he uses the irritation to do the loveliest thing an oyster ever has a chance to do. If there are irritations in our lives today, there is only one prescription: make a pearl. It may have to be a pearl of patience, but anyhow, make a pearl. And it takes faith and I love to do it.

There are no accidents so unlucky but the prudent may draw some advantage from them.

I will find the good in this loss. I will make something happen that wouldn't have happened otherwise.

He said that those who have endured some misfortune will always be set apart but that it is just that misfortune which is their gift and which is their strength.

Sometimes your limitations become your strengths. It forces you to create your own niche.

Human beings have the remarkable ability to turn nothing into something. They can turn weeds into gardens and pennies into fortunes.

Life becomes inspiring, not in spite of the problems and the hard hits, but because of them.

When you face adversity, you need to remind yourself that whatever is trying to defeat you could very well be what God will use to promote you.