Quotes About Adversity

like all of her, wrong sex, wrong class, wrong attitude...

You said that if I ever lost a finger, I'd cry like a baby. But I didn't. I cried like a man.

We are like singers in a large chorus. If the guy next to us gets off key, must we? Wouldn't it help him, and us, more to strive to stay on key? We can learn to hold our part.

Our feelings don't need to control us. Just because we're angry, we don't have to scream and hit. Just because we're sad or depressed, we don't have to lie in bed all day. Just because we're scared, doesn't mean we don't apply for that job. I

Struggling is okay. Back-stepping is okay. Small bits of progress are not only okay, they're admirable.

When will I learn to quit fighting lions?

A good rule of thumb is: You need to detach most when it seems the least likely or possible thing to do. I

It is understandable that we don't want to feel any more pain. Many of us have had more than our share. In fact, at some time in our life, we may have been overwhelmed, crushed, or stopped in our tracks by the amount of pain we felt. We may not have had the resources to cope with our pain or take care of ourselves.

Problems are a part of life. So are solutions. People have problems, but we, and our self-esteem, are separate from our problems.

If it's a choice between being shat on and pissed on and used and being a bastard, I'll choose being a bastard any time.

Ahora estaba convencido de que era capaz de muchas más acciones que las que antes suponía. Un hombre en el límite es capaz de todo. Y él había llegado al límite.

The school of hard knocks is an accelerated curriculum.

O homem que não sofre atribulações não se educa.

We're none of us quite so sure of our place in the world that we can't be rocked off our feet by bad times. It's the getting back up again that counts. Not that you fall, but getting back up again counts for more in the long run.

I'm tired of having to struggle for what seems to come easily to everyone else.

There will always be bad times... It's the getting back up again that counts. - Gallen in Intrigues

What is courage? its chorus asked--and the song answered, It is to give when hope is gone, when there is no chance that men may call you a hero, when you have tried and failed and rise to try again. It asked the same of friendship, answering that the friend stands beside you when you are right and all others despise you for it.

Like I said, I know bullies. Deflect, deflect, make them think they got their way even when they didn't, but never actually give in to them. Become innocuous, not worth tormenting or thinking about.

Size and strength are not the answer to everything. Cleverness can overcome strength nearly every time. A small clever man can almost always best a strong, dim one.

But whatever fate may be mine, I shall not simply say yes to whatever it sends! she vowed stubbornly. If it is not to my liking … then it is not my fate.

Whenever things seemed to be ticking along like clockwork, somewhere under the surface there were always gears slipping.

There's your real heroes—the people who keep coping, keep trying, no matter how many blows Fate takes at them.

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Mercedes Lackey