Quotes About Adversity

T]here are no hard problems, only problems that are hard to a certain level of intelligence.

To this day, I remain convinced of this basic philosophy: no matter what quandaries we face—business problems, health issues, relationship difficulties, as well as the great scientific, social, and cultural challenges of our time—there is an idea that can enable us to prevail.

I probably wouldn't be a songwriter if I didn't grow up the way I did. It was difficult and it was at times very scary to grow up in a household so unsettled and at times very violent. But, it also, I guess it earned me a sort of wisdom at a young age that's served me well.

Sorprende darse cuenta de cómo el amor alimenta y calma aun en las peores condiciones, o precisamente y con más razón en las peores condiciones.

Sabes que todo lo mejor vendrá con los cambios pero tienes miedo al cerrar la puerta porque ya habías aprendido a manejar las antiguas desgracias, suele pasar, no es nada extraño, un héroe sin miedo es un héroe muerto.

Un dragón al que se le ve el final de la cola no es un dragón demasiado peligroso, y un tren de diez vagones puede pasarte por encima pero no puede estar pasándote por encima toda la vida.

Some people find the golden ring swimming in their cereal in the morning, slip it on their finger and go skipping through life. And others drop it in the sand at the beach & spend the rest of their life digging to get it back.

You have to eat and keep going. Eating is a small, good thing in a time like this.

Maxine said it was another tragedy in a long line of low-rent tragedies.

I needed a drink, I needed a lot of life insurance, I needed a vacation, I needed a home in the country. What I had was a coat, a hat and a gun. I put them on and went out of the room.

Life is problems. Living is solving problems.

A hero is someone who simply got too frightened to use his good sense and run away, then somehow lived through it all.

The brave man is not the one without fear but the one who does what he must despite being afraid. To succeed, you must be willing to risk total failure; you must learn this.

You can't succeed unless you're willing to risk failure

To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone and a funnybone."—Reba McEntire

How was I to know that I'd be ok? I thought I'd lose it all when you walked away. How was I to know that I'd be this strong? I had what it takes all along. How was I to know?

A little gift from her mother who made Linda what she was –a damn survivor.

Every time I try to play by rules I get smashed into the ground.

Broken locks and bruised knees and borrowed lipgloss and rain on the streets

Beauty was a curse to be borne, not a blessing.

I couldn't play ball. I couldn't dance. Luckily, the girls didn't want me. Not much I could do about that. So I started to draw and to write. By the time I got to where I was attracting girls, I was already into work, and it was more important to me.

Shortly after he became the first Muslim to attend cabinet, I urged Sadiq Khan to be prepared. The Islamophobes, the new McCarthyites, would at some stage come after him. He laughed it off. Yet it was only a matter of time.

Being in a five-by-seven every day for 365 days a year is more than what the average man could stand. You weren't built to be in a cage that long.

When it is all said and done, everything is different once you get up into the cage.