Quotes About Adversity

Bernard Cornwell

we cannot decree what we would wish. Making an oath is like steering a course, but if the winds and tides of fate are too strong, then the steering oar losses its power.

Now, waving flies from his face, he told the two deserters what they might expect.

A criança trabalhava do amanhecer ao anoitecer, e à noite chorava no canto da cabana que chamávamos de lar. Quando a menina chorava demais Lunete batia nela, e quando eu tentava defender a menina Lunete me batia.

We have two lives, […], the life we learn with and the life we live with after that. Suffering is what brings us toward happiness All it taught me was to stay away from it. — Bernard Malamud, The Natura l (Harcourt Brace, 1952)

Who are you, Yakov, Moses himself? If you don't hear His voice so let Him hear yours. 'When prayers go up blessings descend.'" "Scorpions descend, hail, fire, sharp rocks, excrement. For that I don't need God's help, the Russians are enough.

Experience makes good people better. She was staring at the lake. How does it do that? Through their suffering. I had enough of that, he said in disgust. We have two lives, Roy, the life we learn with and the life we live with after that. Suffering is what brings us toward happiness All it taught me was to stay away from it. I am sick of all I have suffered. She shrank away a little.

I have seen human beings who have forged intellectual armor to shield themselves from adversity. They seemed stronger than most. They said, I couldn't care less, and laughed at everything, but when adversity managed to pierce their armor, it caused terrible damage. I have seen human beings suffer from the slightest adversity, the slightest annoyance, but still remain open-minded and sensitive to everything, learning something from each attack.

Il est vrai que le clou qui dépasse attire le marteau.

Quand les autres vous font un reproche, ils vous renseignent sur ce qui pourrait devenir votre force.

When an airplane's engines fail, it is not the end of the flight.

Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim.

I say people who feel they must have a faith or religion in order to face life are showing a kind of cowardice, which in any other sphere would be considered contemptible. But when it is in the religious sphere it is thought admirable, and I cannot admire cowardice whatever sphere it is in.

dont let the old break you; let the love make you

It is a natural propensity to attribute misfortune to someone's malignity.

Very few people are able to discount the effect of circumstances upon their own characters.

To endure uncertainity is difficult, but so are most of the other virtues.

Bertrand Russell

Has my mother not always told me that when one door closes another opens?

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I experienced that sense of futility all pilots must sometimes feel when the natural forces that rule this planet reassert their sovereignty (and express their contempt) for Man the Pretender.

Benghazi sprawls in the path of war. Mars kicks the little city to earth and it rises again, stubbornly, and is reduced again, but not for long. It is a small city with a soul — a grubby soul, perhaps, but cities with souls seldom die.

It's how we survive the hurt in life that brings us strength and gives us beauty.

It's how we survive the hurts in life that brings us strength and gives us our beauty.