Quotes About Adversity

La adversidad es semejante a un vendaval. Y no me refiero sólo a que nos impida ir a lugares a los que de no ser por ella habríamos ido. También se lleva de nosotros todo salvo aquello que no se puede arrancar, de modo que cuando ha pasado nos vemos como realmente somos, y no como nos habría gustado ser.

Whatever our struggles, and whether we sink or swim, our world is no more permanent than a wave rising on the ocean.

Every time I happened to read an account in the newspaper of some little shop that had made, say, bicycle parts before the war, and was now back in business almost as though the war had never happened, I had to tell myself that if our entire nation could emerge from its own dark valley, there was certainly hope that I could emerge from mine.

CAPÍTULO OCHO

If a few minutes of suffering could make me so angry, what would years of it do? Even stone can be worn down with enough rain.

Adversity is like a strong wind. I don't mean just

that it holds us back from places we might otherwise go. It also tears away from us all but the things that cannot be torn, so that afterward we see ourselves as we really are, and not merely as we might like to be.

So let me tell you, Nicky, there's nothing wrong with being scared to death. It can happen to the best. What counts is hanging on, somehow staying in control and doing what you know you should.

Arthur Hailey

Good things can be created from bad.

He's not the finest character that ever lived. But he's a human being, and a terrible thing is happening to him. So attention must be paid.

Never fight fair with a stranger, boy. You'll never get out of the jungle that way.

The world is an oyster but you don't crack it open on a mattress

There are certain people, the sicker they get the longer they live.

though our hearts break, we cannot flinch...

She catches a weakening in herself and downs it. She will not let herself be drowned in the sea that threatens her.

He's a man way out there in the blue, riding on a smile and a shoeshine. And when they start not smiling back--that's an earthquake. And then you get a couple of spots on your hat, and you're finished.

Because he's only a little boat looking for a harbor.

A character is defined by the kinds of challenges he cannot walk away from.

You never do any good until you get into some trouble.

When the law is wrong it's because it's unnatural, but in this case it is natural and a river will drown you if you buck it now

If the world were a paradise of luxury and ease, a land flowing with milk and honey, where every Jack obtained his Jill at once and without any difficulty, men would either die of boredom or hang themselves; or there would be wars, massacres, and murders; so that in the end mankind would inflict more suffering on itself than it has now to accept at the hands of Nature.

If the immediate and direct purpose of our life is not suffering then our existence is the most ill-adapted to its purpose in the world.

A last trick is to become personal, insulting and rude as soon as you perceive that your opponent has the upper hand. In becoming personal you leave the subject altogether, and turn your attack on the person by remarks of an offensive and spiteful character. This is a very popular trick, because everyone is able to carry it into effect.