Quotes About Adversity

How difficult it is to live.

Heroic things had been suggested to them, and though they were not heroes as you might read about in old Greek stories, their hearts, such as they were, answered.

with ringworm, lice bites, and a million bugs. Men so sick they are dying

This is not a war, this is a test of how far man can be degraded

Hope is like a shard of glass. Tread on it, and you'll end up wincing with every step. The best policy is to tweezer it out. Sure, it will hurt like billy-o and the wound will take a while to heal, but after that you can walk again.

Mit der Not ist es wie mit dem Erfolg. Beides verschafft dir falsche Freunde und echte Feinde,

La esperanza es como una astilla de vidrio clavada en el pie. Mientras permanece clavada en la carne sientes dolor a cada paso que das, pero una vez que te la han extraído la herida sangra un poco y tarda un tiempo en cicatrizar, pero al final uno puede seguir caminando.

Me atrevo a profetizar que ésta será la actitud básica de Alemania tras perder la guerra nazi: el lloriqueo salvaje y testarudo de un niño enfermo que equipara ansioso la pérdida de su muñeco con el fin del mundo.

War is life multiplied by some number that no one has ever heard of.

She chastised me roundly for my "failings". I prefer to call them uneven successes.

What was Kenzo's reaction to all this criticism? His approach was to stay completely silent. He made no move whatsoever to respond to any of it. And, of course, water eventually wins over fire. One by one, the opponents ran out of heat, their voices faded, their steps faltered and finally, with a wry smile and a shoulder shrug, they were forced to admit defeat.

Try to take a shortcut, but I get cut again and again

the companion lion who overcomes all enemies, the kings and queens who command power over life, give us imaginative reconstructions of the small child's world. We

Ty sådana fålar finna livet svårt, som inte tåla sporre eller piska. Vid varje smärta, som övergår dem, skena de åstad på vilda vägar mot gapande avgrunder. Så snart vägen är stenig och färden bekymmersam, veta de ingen annan råd än att välta lasset och fara åstad i galenskap.

Constant exposure to dangers will breed contempt for them.

Those whom fortune has never favored are more joyful than those whom she has deserted.

Great grief does not of itself put an end to itself.

Great men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war

It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.

Happy is the man who can endure the highest and lowest fortune. He who has endured such vicissitudes with equanimity has deprived misfortune of its power.

Ad astra per aspera. (To the stars through difficulties.)

Things that were hard to bear are sweet to remember.

Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labour the body.

Fire is the test of gold adversity, of strong men.