Quotes About Adversity

Like Barley Bending" Like barley bending In low fields by the sea, Singing in hard wind Ceaselessly; Like barley bending And rising again, So would I, unbroken, Rise from pain; So would I softly, Day long, night long, Change my sorrow Into song.

Sarah A. Hoyt

You are small. Your foe is big. But your God is bigger still.

Yes, I have met with unsympathetic audiences in my time, but I don't know that an unsympathetic audience has much effect on me. I am not sure that I don't rather enjoy it for a change, for it is then a battle between me and them, and I always win.

No amount of careful would have been enough. We have to focus on what we can do, not what we wish we could.

Everyone happy with the plan?' 'I'm not happy about any of this,' Zera said. Kreya one hundred percent agreed with that, as did they all. But they set about doing it anyways, because that was what heroes did.

Dry your tears, Queenie. Only one thing world cares less about than a black man's tears, that a black woman's. You be dead soon anyway. You not half as tough as you think you are.

Edwards said the greatest moment of his career was winning the national championship. The lowest moment (of my career) happens every time we lose to Utah.

I decided to make music again at a time when I couldn't have had more obstacles.

You're not the one having a hard time in the battlefield. The enemy's also having a hard time—the only question is who breaks down first.

Yes, you live with your feet in the mud and there's no time to be thinking about how you got in or how you're going to get out.

To the girls that gave me a hard time in high school. I want to say thank you. This is a victory for all the nerds out there.

Time makes me stronger Well,there's nothing more to say.

The interceptions and two fumbles? Those just happened at the wrong time.

It is time to finish off the U.S. once and for all.

If anything happened, I think my husband would have to deal with that as the time came.

If theres an injury, for a couple games, you can have guys step in. But for a long period of time, it always catches up with you.

I'm sort of like a T. rex in the world of female actresses. Every time a job is finished, I look at my car and think, 'Could I live in it?

You would make a ship sail against the winds and currents by lighting a bonfire under her decks? I have no time for such nonsense.

Everytime you fall down or take the wrong path, it isn't wasted. You will surely develop and grow over time.

I saw a lot when I was young. The first time I got arrested I was twelve years old.

Men of great spirit are at high risk at a time when small souls rule the world.

I've been on the floor and I've been heartbroken. I didn't know how I was going to stand up. But I just gave it time.

Every time you win, you're reborn; when you lose, you die a little.