Quotes About Adversity

Knock me down, it's all in vain I get right back on my feet again

Ain't nobody livin', in a perfect world Everybody's out there, cryin' to be heard Now I got a new fire, burnin' in my eyes Lightin' up the darkness, movin' like a meteorite

They said I would never live. I lived. They said I would never think. I think. They said I would never walk. I walked. They said I would never dance, but I never danced anyway.

We who believe in Divine Providence, in life after death, in salvation and resurrection; we, of all people, when faced with catastrophe, must go on with courage, faith, and hope.

Era la enfermedad general, ya crónica, que se agravaba. Mas no por ello moría el enfermo: España tenía fibra y agallas para resistir la tanta calamidad; su sobriedad de mendigo le garantizaba la existencia; su pasividad fatalista le permitía seguir arrastrándose y dando tumbos, hasta que vinieran hombres y tiempos mejores, los cuales... ¡ay! también podría suceder que no vinieran.

Desgraciada era entonces España; pero tenía hombres

Las desgracias, que son lecciones y avisos de la Providencia, doman al más soberbio, y suavizan al más atrabiliario.

para comer con el demonio hace falta una cuchara muy larga.

But sometimes when you are getting nowhere, you have to give the wasps' nest a wallop

Within the fall, we find the ascent. —KABBALISTIC PROVERB

Las circunstancias significan poca cosa,el carácter en cambio lo es todo;en vano rompemos con las cosas y los seres ajenos; no podemos romper con nosotros mismos. Cambiamos la situación, pero arrastramos con nosotros el tormento del que esperábamos librarnos; y como nadie puede corregirse simplemente desplazándose, uno se encuentra con que no ha hecho otra cosa que añadir remordimientos a las penas y pecados a los sufrimientos.

A man who loses his money, gains, at the least, experience, and sometimes, something better.

There is no education like adversity.

It is hard for an empty bag to stand upright.

Poverty often deprives a man of all spirit and virtue; it is hard for an empty bag to stand upright

Those disputing, contradicting, and confuting people are generally unfortunate in their affairs. They get victory, sometimes, but they never get good will, which would be of more use to them.

Anger and folly walk cheek by jole.

Trouble knocked at the door, but, hearing laughter, hurried away

If a man could have half of his wishes, he would double his troubles.

A false friend and a shadow attend only while the sun shines.

That which hurts, also instructs.

Write your injuries in dust, your benefits in marble.

The wise man draws more advantage from his enemies than the fool from his friends.

After crosses and losses men grow humbler and wiser.