Quotes About Adversity

anyone. It takes an extraordinary person to handle this kind of loss as graciously as you are." At these words, Ursula sat up and stretched

she might understand that everyone has her baggage and her sad stories. What differentiates people is how they choose to deal with

backbone, Eddie informed Allegra that she would not have

it was all very well being decent when things were smooth; but we often had rough times given us to show what we were. [. . .] Perhaps we are to have it now. If we are, it's up to us to show how we can deal with it. And we shan't do that by wailing over it.

I was, being human, born alone; I am, being woman, hard beset; I live by squeezing from a stone The little nourishment I get.

If you only knew how far short I fall of my own hopes, you would know I could never boast. Why, it keeps me busy making over mistakes just like someone using old clothes. I get myself all ready to enjoy a success and find that I have to fit a failure. But one consolation is that I generally have plenty of material to cut generously, and many of my failures have proved to be real blessings.

Everyone here constantly laughed at tragedy, as if insulting misfortune would keep it at bay.

Between those times we'll fight to live.

Terror is your enemy.

We'll live," Kodiak says as he pulls himself out of the water, lying on his side and wiping water from his thick hair. "We'll get cancer in our twenties, but we'll survive at least until then." "Was that a joke?" I ask, arranging myself next to him and wringing out the hem of my shirt. "Yes. It was a joke, and also it was true. It is a Dimokratia kind of joke.

It's decidedly bizzare, when the Worst Thing hppens and you find yourself still conscious, still breathing.

Avoiding pain will get you nowhere. Avoiding pain multiplies pain exponentially.

Flight or fight? What kind of pathetically damaged animal decides on...neither?

We were knee deep in a river of crap,and I was wearing metaphorical flip-flops. -Jason

Don't be blind to the vagaries of fate just because everything is going well at present.

The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen.

Should you shield the canyons from the windstorms you would never see the true beauty of their carvings.

People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.

The more you learn, the harder the lessons get.

The most beautiful people I've known are those who have known trials, have known struggles, have known loss, and have found their way out of the depths.

People are like stained glass windows, they sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when darkness sets in, their true beauty is only seen if there is a light within.

What happens to us is not as important as how we respond.

My dad always says, some people will treat you badly and you can't help that. But how you handle it and how it makes you feel, that's up to you.

There is a difference between giving into something and accepting it.