Quotes About Adversity

Suffering is part of our training program for becoming wise.

All great talents are never found in rich exquisite locales with perfect setting that enhance their creative works, but on the contrary are found in the most obnoxious circumstances yet are unaffected by them and create masterpieces at the most unpredictable situations, just like a lotus flower blossoming in a muddy pond!

Unnapudu Ashwadinchaleni Vadiki, Lenapudu Badhapade Arahata Ledu!

who fights too long against dragons becomes a dragon himself; and if you stare too long into the abyss, the abyss stares also into you.

He who fights too long against dragons becomes a dragon himself; and if you stare too long into the abyss, the abyss stares also into you.

When the chips are down, when you have to weigh what you believe in against your own safety – that's when you find out what you're made of.

Turbulence is life force. It is opportunity. Let's love turbulence and use it for change.

Your greatest accomplishment in life will be living through it. That is perhaps not precisely the understanding that you are wanting to hear but I assure you, master, when you come close to dying, you will appreciate that answer.

We have to choices in this world; we either try to survive or to give up.

useful knowledge was to be acquired only by doing, by living, by running headlong into the burning house of human experience and coming out singed and scorched, lungs full of smoke. Such knowledge would arise not during but after the experience, when you are sitting alone in the dark and re-creating everything you did and felt and assessing the wisdom or foolishness of each moment, the penalties and rewards.

Laying another log on the fire of failure

Hard times destroy the weak and strengthen the strong. Soft times weaken everyone.

Work hard. And have patience. Because no matter who you are, you're going to get hurt in your career and you have to be patient to get through the injuries.

We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand.

No matter how bad things are, you can always make things worse.

One thing that makes it possible to be an optimist is if you have a contingency plan for when all hell breaks loose.

We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand. If I don't seem as depressed or morose as I should be, sorry to disappoint you.

It's not about the cards you're dealt, but how you play the hand.

If you can find an opening, you can probably find a way to float through it.

Failure is not just acceptable, it's often essential." The Last Lecture

Through the whole ordeal, I don't think we ever said to each other: "This isn't fair." We just kept going. We recognized that there were things we could do that might help the outcome in a positive ways...and we did them. Without saying it in words, our attitude was, "Let's saddle up and ride.

The person who knows only success can be more oblivious to all the pitfalls.

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No matter how bad things are, you can always make them worse.