Quotes About Adversity

Occupying my mind with complex problems has been my best and most powerful and most reliable defense against my mental illness.

Difficulty is our most reliable narrative engine.

I did roles that I hated, and there were roles that were detrimental to my acting ability. There were roles that I was always doing that were always the comic relief... it was destroying my soul.

I didn't have time to worry about the great big scar on my face, I just had to be relieved I hadn't been stabbed in the eye or the neck. I had to accept what had happened and move on and football helped me to do that.

Every religious pioneer, including Jesus Christ, was persecuted by his contemporaries. But once people understand me, their turn can be dramatic like Saint Paul's.

I've always been a religious person, and I try to think that every disappointment might just be a blessing in disguise.

We never really know what people are capable of until the only person they can rely on is themselves.

It was important for me to have something to fall back on and not just rely on my athletics to get me through everything because, clearly, at any point, something could happen.

Anything you rely on can become a crutch. And disabled or not, when you rely on something, that is what will cripple you.

I played a little football but it was nothing like boxing. One on one. Me vs. you. You win, you win. I lose, I lose. It was for me to build the character inside to be like, how do I get better at this without relying on anybody else?

I was a young mother with a dependent. I went from nice flat and fire service job to cold and hungry with a child. I lived rough for two years, with six months relying on the food bank.

There must always remain something that is antagonistic to good.

It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.

Many people we consider legends, such as Jerry Lee Lewis and Chuck Berry, remain so scarred by scandals, injustices and regrets from decades earlier that they're barely able to appreciate their accomplishments.

Things are fluid in this world, and if you don't remain fluid, you get lost in the sauce.

There was a time in the '90s where, as an African-American man, you had to be a misogynistic R&B star or a rapper, and I didn't fit into either one of those. I was advised by my label to remain closeted at that time.

There will always be criticism, but I remained calm and relaxed.

I think I'm very calm in adversity, always remaining calm, and I don't panic. I think that's the main thing.

Very rarely do you have a perfect race, and it's about overcoming your mistakes in the race and remaining composed.

The Chinese nation is a great nation; it has been through hardships and adversity but remains indomitable.

In misfortune, which friend remains a friend?

It always remains true that if we had been greater, circumstance would have been less strong against us.

What AI was able to do at his size, with the teams that he had was remarkable, you can't take that from him.

Airey Neave's escape from Colditz, quite possibly the most remarkable thing a British politician has ever done, defined his years to come. Disregarding senior officers who frowned on such attempts, Neave was undeterred against overwhelming odds and the risk of death.