Quotes About Adversity

The Things which hurt, instruct.

Be not disturbed at trifles, or at accidents common or unavoidable.

M]y father discourag'd me by ridiculing my performances, and telling me verse-makers were generally beggars. So I escaped being a poet, most probably a very bad one.

There are in life real evils enough and it is folly to afflict ourselves with imaginary ones.

Lo que hiere, enseña...

Success has ruined many a man.

There's many witty men whose brains can't fill their bellies.

Pride breakfasted with Plenty Dined with poverty Supped with Infamy.

It is better to take many Injuries than to give one.

He had been brought up to it from a boy, his father, as I have heard, accustoming his children to dispute with one another for his diversion, while sitting at table after dinner; but I think the practice was not wise; for, in the course of my observation, these 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.

Kings have long arms, but Misfortune longer, Let none think themselves out of her reach.

The punches you miss are the ones that wear you out. —Boxing trainer Angelo Dundee

Without difficulties, life would be like a stream without rocks and curves – about as interesting as concrete. Without problems, there can be no personal growth, no group achievement, no progress of humanity. But what mattes about problems is what one does with them.

Belki de as?l "iyi" ÅŸeyler s?navlard?r, belki zorluklar ve "kötü" ÅŸeyler büyümemiz için hediyelerdir: problemler çözülmem için, kötü durumlar kaç?n?lmak için, al??kanl?klar deÄŸiÅŸmek, baz? durumlar kabul etmek, dersler öÄŸrenilmek, ÅŸeyler dönüÅŸmek, f?rsatlar Bilgelik-Mutluluk ve Hakikati bulmak içindir.

We've been through some little stormy periods before. I think we'll overcome it.

Kurz darauf ging es AUF KLASSENFAHRT ins Sauerland, in die Jugendherberge Burg Bielstein, und alles war genau so grausam, wie es eben auf solchen Fahrten in diesem Alter ist, stinkende Schlafsäle mit Etagenbetten, auf deren Matratzen die Exzessgeschichte der Räume mittels Flecken recht anschaulich kartiert ist, labbrig-bitterer Hagebuttentee aus Metallkannen, Himbeermarmelade aus Eimern, Graubrot mit Gummikäse, entsetzlich marmorierte Wurstscheiben.

Don't trust somebody that don't have a troubled period.

A failure or so, in itself, would not matter, if it did not incur a loss of self-esteem and of self-confidence. But just as nothing succeeds like success, so nothing fails like failure.

Coleridge was a drug addict. Poe was an alcoholic. Marlowe was killed by a man whom he was treacherously trying to stab. Pope took money to keep a woman's name out of a satire, then wrote a piece so that she could still be recognized, anyhow. Chatterton killed himself. Byron was accused of incest. Do you still want to a writer -and if so, why?

I tried to find a word for it in my thesaurus, but there isn't one. At least, not one that doesn't belittle the plight of POWs and victims of famine. I guess we can just call it beyond suck. -Lulu Dark

You can't be afraid of people willing to hurt you, cause if you fear life, then you will never live.

Wu-Tang was going through it. They didn't come from great homes or families. They really came from hard beginnings so it just made me reflect on my own situation. If Wu-Tang was able to make it, why can't I?

To be able to go through what I've gone through and still be fortunate before the age of 40 to still be here to be offensive coordinator with Coach Saban at Alabama, you take some time to reflect on that.

I meet many inspiring individuals who have worked hard to rebuild their lives after an attack; however, it can be hard to stay motivated when the justice system does not always reflect the severity of these crimes.