Quotes About Adversity

Withersoever the wheel of Fortune turns, Virtue stands firm upon her feet.

God only sends us evil to do us good.

Sananlaskussa sanotaan, että vahingosta viisastuu, mutta se ei pidä paikkaansa, sillä kaikki, mitä tapahtuu, uusiintuu seuraavalla kerralla aivan eri lailla eikä ollenkaan, niin kuin sitä kuvittelee.

Battuti. Io adoro gli uomini battuti.

Correva, sempre più veloce, più sciolto, col cuore che bussava ma dall'esterno verso l'interno come se smaniasse di riconquistare la sua sede. Correva come non aveva mai corso, come nessuno aveva mai corso, e le creste delle colline dirimpetto, annerite e sbavate dal diluvio, balenavano come vivo acciaio ai suoi occhi sgranati e semiciechi. Correva, e gli spari e gli urli scemavano, annegavano in un immenso, invalicabile stagno tra lui e i nemici.

Jews don't drink much because it interferes with their suffering.

Man never made any material as resilient as the human spirit.

That thorny path, those stormy skies, Have drawn our spirits nearer; And rendered us, by sorrow's ties, Each to the other dearer.

What happens to you, Uhtred, is what you make happen. You will grow, you will learn the sword, you will learn the way of the shield wall, you will learn the oar, you will give honor to the gods, and then you will use what you have learned to make your life good or bad.

Laughter in battle. That was what Ragnar had taught me, to take joy from the fight.

But bad luck makes good stories.

I traveled a road that was supposed to be fatal before and came out alive. I met quite a few unpleasant characters on my journey and had a few anxious moments, but I learned from them that the best weapon you can give an enemy is your own fear.

Listen to me he said. You are not to look upon yourself as victims or victims you will surely be.

do not fear your enemy's size, but use it against him. Then his strength will become yours.

Procrustes bed is a phrase meaning any difficult situation which cannot be changed but to which man must adapt himself.

Heroes are made, I see, when retreat is cut off.

Procrustes bed is a phrase meaning any difficult situation which cannot be changed but to which man must adapt himself. It comes from the uncomfortable hospitality offered by the innkeeper Procrustes, who bolted guests to the bed. If they were too short, he stretched them; if too long, he

When my parents arrived with a few trunks, a few dollars, and one kid -- me -- the bakery opportunity proved to be only half-baked. I'm glad. Otherwise, I might have been a baker and this might have been a cookbook.

The art of living lies less in eliminating our troubles than in growing with them.

There comes a time in a man's life when to get where he has to go—if there are no doors or windows—he walks through a wall.

We didn't starve, but we didn't eat chicken unless we were sick, or the chicken was.

There comes a time in a man's life when to get where he has to go--if there are no doors or windows--he walks through a wall.

We have two lives... the life we learn with and the life we live after that. Suffering is what brings us towards happiness.

Without heroes we're all plain people and don't know how far we can go.