23 Movie Quotes about Adversity (+ Sound Clips) - page 2

Updated: Feb 2, 2026

Memorable quotes about adversity, selected from famous or less known movies by Movie-Sounds.org's visitors, accompanied by short mp3 and wav audio samples.

11 Our arrows will blot out the sun. -Then we will fight in the shade.

Michael Fassbender in 300

12 What good can he do in the middle of a volcano? -I don't know. I just hope he comes out in operational condition.

Peter Cullen as Optimus Prime in The Transformers (1984)

13 That's all right, son. Keep hurting. It'll keep you living... just like me.

David Hasselhoff as Michael Knight in Knight Rider (1982)

14 Remember that moment. Think of it as your... baptism by fire.

David Hasselhoff as Michael Knight in Knight Rider (1982)

15 They punish you. -Pardon me? -The older you are, the harder they make it.

David Hasselhoff as Michael Knight in Knight Rider (1982)

16 Just remember: when the going gets tough, the tough get going. -What if you're not tough?

Rodney Dangerfield as Monty Capuletti; Joe Pesci as Nicky Cerone in Easy Money (1983)

17 I know it is hard for you here underground.

Judith Hoag as April O'Neil in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)

18 Chief, he has profited from adversity. He's a thorn in our flesh that must be removed.

Quote from Return of the Bastard Swordsman

19 I don't know if you remember back in '86, there was a major _in' drought. Nobody had anything. People were living on resin, smoking the wood in their pipes for months.

Tim Roth as Mister Orange in Reservoir Dogs (1992)

20 Through his adversity, he learned to fight... and fight well.

Steve Oedekerk as The Chosen One And Most Of The Original Cast'S Voices in Kung Pow! Enter the Fist