Quotes About Adversity

Take it like a man and shut the fuck up.

You've got enemies? Good. That means you actually stood up for something in your life.

The moment I used my adversity to my advantage, my career exploded.

Thanks cuz your hate is what gave me this strength.

Don't ever try to judge me dude. You don't know what the fuck I've been through

The last time that life kicked me in the ass, I pulled down its pants and put a foot up its ass.

Rap was always a pipe dream for me, but rap was all I had. Because really, what was I going to do with my life? I had a young daughter. Kim and I were always either getting evicted or our house was getting shot up or robbed.

I call em' toy soldiers cause they just wind up on their backs. -lyrics, Leaving Heaven on Music to Be Murdered By

The way to get through normal life is to pretend it isn't getting to you. If you let on that you're hurt, the other animals will turn on you and tear you to pieces. Don't attract the attention of predators.

Is it being really brave or sometimes feeling fear?

Everybody's damaged by something.

If killing yourself is not an option anymore, you have to sink into the darkness instead, and make something out of it.

Life is like the river, sometimes it sweeps you gently along and sometimes the rapids come out of nowhere.

Strength is not something you have, it's something you find.

I was brought up by very witty people who were dealing with quite difficult things: disease and death... I was brought up by people who tended to giggle at funerals.

Its unfortunate and I really wish I wouldn't have to say this, but I really like human beings who have suffered. They're kinder.

Piracy is our only option.

It's unfortunate and I really wish I wouldn't have to say this, but I really like human beings who have suffered. They're kinder.

Le malheur émousse le sens du ridicule

Aveva deciso di non parlare più, mai più. Ormai era l'unica forma di protezione che riuscisse a immaginare. Neanche una parola, da lui non avrebbero cavato più niente. Sarebbe diventato un blocco compatto di silenzio, una superficie liscia e scivolosa contro cui la sventura sarebbe rimbalzata senza trovare un accesso.

I remembered Fitzgerald's famous dictum "All life is a process of breaking down," and I had to disagree. Or at least I didn't think it held true for every life.

C'est utile quand la vie vous sourit, de savoir qu'elle va vous passer à tabac, et quand on tâtonne dans les ténèbres, que la lumière va revenir. ça donne de la prudence, ça donne de la confiance. ça aide à relativiser ses états d'âme. Du moins, ça devrait.

Il non aver sperimentato la malattia, la sventura o la prigione toglie qualcosa ad un uomo. Non

A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kickboxing.