Quotes About Adversity

In the end, wisdom is born of weakness as well as strength.

When an enemy throws the worst it can at us we must meet it with the best we have.

My own father had always said the measure of a man wasn't how many times or how hard he got knocked down, but how fast he got back up.

Vede, caro amico, la natura non è mai tanto benigna come quando ci regala un piccolo difetto. Se fossi venuto al mondo senza imperfezioni, probabilmente non avrei imparato niente.

I am thankful once again to strip off an old life, as I so often have during these years. I look back upon a soldier, a murderer, a man almost murdered, a man resurrected, a prisoner, a wanderer.

The woman who had escaped with her life now wept for the loss of her umbrella and was not at all grateful that her limbs were intact.

True," Bramblestar grunted.

thorn tunnel

What happened?" Sagewhisker demanded. "The rats happened," Scorchwind growled.

I know you!" one of them spat at Barley. "You didn't have the courage to stay with Scourge." "At least I had the courage to leave," Barley hissed back at him, rearing up to swipe both forepaws at the gray warrior's ears. "It's your turn to run. You don't belong here.

trying to kill a tree.

They were no longer fearsome warriors, but ordinary cats who had no place in the forest: slower than WindClan, duller than RiverClan, scrawnier than ShadowClan. All their menace was gone, and with a cry of triumph the forest cats surged after them and chased them out of the hollow.

Is that true?

nothing but Mousefur's hindquarters and ticks for a moon! Firestar

Has any other cat lost her parents and her entire Clan, been separated from her sister, and then found a father she thought was dead?

This is bigger than our feelings, he realized. Changes are coming, and any cat could be swept away like leaves in the wind.

Heartbreaks and setbacks are like enemies, attacking you out of nowhere. Even when you're strong enough to fight them, the important thing is not to let them follow you. And the way to do that is to keep moving forward, so that you're constantly putting the enemies of grief and loss behind you.

He's a remarkable dog," said Lucky. "And he proved something to me. There are different forms of strength. You don't need to be just like everyone else to succeed in this world.

You can try, kittypet," Tigerclaw sneered through a mouthful of sand.

Jaykit lashed his tail. Oh, great, he thought. Let's lump all the useless cats together and hope a tree falls on them! Firestar stepped between Jaykit and Brightheart.

you'll see nothing but Mousefur's hindquarters and ticks for a moon!

This impostor has the power of the stars in his paws, and we have to fight him alone.

Just then the beaver reared up and flicked Lionblaze off;

When you make mistakes—not if, Fireheart, when