Quotes About Adversity

At a time of shuddering devastation, they stepped in as the dragon-slayers.

By fretting at unfortunate events we double the evil

He read theology and abandoned the ministry, read law and abandoned the bar, entered business and lost a thousand pounds.

Are you tryin' to defeat me by talking me to death?!' -- Peter Parker

He has to survive this, if only to avoid having his digital corpse kicked to pieces by those grunting, knuckle-dragging troglodytes otherwise known as commenters.

Life is never completely without challenges.

Anyone can win a fight—when the odds—are easy! It's when the going's tough—when there seems to be no chance—that's when—it counts!

winning teaches you nothing. Losing can be the greatest teacher of all

Evolution is, as an engineer, an opportunist, not a perfectionist.

You are doing all you can to stay human in an inhuman situation. Noble it may be, but it isn't going to get you anywhere. And I'm not so sure about it being noble-not if it's idiotic at the same time.

Quien crece, nunca sabe de antemano si se adentra en un saco, en un túnel, o si penetra, sin posibilidad de retorno, en una zona de silencio; o si, en cambio, emergerá de ella aún más poderoso.

These are tough times," said the COO to each of them. "And tough times call for hard solutions. Thank you for your contribution. Now get the fuck out of here." Actually, he didn't say that precisely. But that's precisely what he meant.

We worked hard, we were just making it—then they raised the interest rates, or closed the schools, or changed the laws....

E per noi ogni giorno è prezioso. E abbiamo i racconti. E sappiamo riparare le cose, voi no. E anche se il vento ci soffia contro, abbiamo sempre mangiato pane e tempesta, e passeremo anche questa.

life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one

You will only fail to learn if you do not learn from failing.

Tell yourself that the world is outside, that it's not to be hidden from you, that you are going to thrust yourself forward and be relaxed in the world. You have chosen a field where you're going to be hurt to the blood. But to retreat from the pain is death

Learning to be a lady / is like learning / to live within a shell, / to be a crustacean encased / in a small white / uncomfortable world.

She breaks. She's sick. Throw a rope, a net. She falls like a shot-up plane. Help her find the landing strip, Her feet are wet— She'll learn, she'll train. She walks a rope on fire, "Look Ma, no hands.

living through adversity is a character-building opportunity for those brave enough to learn about themselves and the world through their unease.

That's why I was able to manifest these. I used the pain to make myself stronger than my destiny.

But even if we don't have the power to choose where we come from we can still choose where we go from there. We can still do things.

It's much easier to not know things sometimes. Things change and friends leave. And life doesn't stop for anybody.

When to stopped wishing things wouldn't fall apart, you'd stop suffering when they did.