Quotes About Adversity

When a force Has fallen into danger, It can Snatch victory From defeat.

La psicología de los soldados consiste en resistir cuando se ven rodeados, luchar cuando no se puede evitar y obedecer en casos extremos.

Si tus fuerzas son diez veces superiores a las del adversario, rodéalo; si son cinco veces superiores, atácalo; si son dos veces superiores, divídelo. Si tus fuerzas son iguales en número, lucha si te es posible. Si tus fuerzas son inferiores, mantente continuamente en guardia, pues el más pequeño fallo te acarrearía las peores consecuencias

In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity.

Survivors have responsibilities.

Bad times made for big secrets.

The worst experience can bring out a person's deepest strength.

Some of the younger boys looked forward to the chance to sell papers in a good spot, but most were simply afraid to refuse the bigger boys. I made a deal with a guy, said Philip Marcus. I said I'd buy him out. But when I looked at all the papers he had left, there was more than I thought I could sell. But there wasn't two ways about it. I had to buy them and I did. I started to bawl. And while I was standing there bawling, I sold all them sheets.

An illegal landing in a hostile place, partially caused because of a shortage of beer, was not an auspicious beginning.

They are English," Merriman said. "Quite right," said Will's father. "Splendid in adversity, tedious when safe. Never content, in fact. We're an odd lot.

When we are thwarted, frustrated, and punished way out of proportion to what we've done, it's inevitable that enormous anger builds inside us.

Goodness is not its own reward in this world. Those who help are sometimes destroyed first

You and I are very strong, and so is your Poppa, but you're not so strong as a brick. When things happen, you will have to feel them. You can't try to avoid that; if it's your nature, go along with it

It is okay to climb as long as you are not afraid, because being afraid is what made you fall

But, as her mother had often told her, life wasn't meant to be easy. It was meant to be lived.

We all have to deal with something. I know that to be true. They say God never gives us more than we can handle, but I say sometimes He assumes we're stronger than we are. Life is a challenge.

Charity Jones loved a good disaster movie as much as the next person - she would simply prefer the disaster in question not be about her life.

Greatness is measured by how one faces adversity. Everyone can be committed when things are going well.

Moving backward meant more suffering, and staying stuck was just as bad. That left moving forward. There had to be an answer somewhere. All she had to do was find it.

It's okay to screw up. It's what we do afterward that defines us.

From failure, success.

Life isn't sure, life is scary, It doesn't mean you stop living it.

We know what we have to face and we know that we are ready to face it. Whatever is asked of us I am sure we can accomplish it. We are the free and unconquerable people of the United States of America.

Churchill gave the perfect riposte: "When I hear a man say that his childhood was the happiest time of his life, I think, my friend, you have had a pretty poor life.