Quotes About Adversity

They say God never gives us more than we can handle, but sometimes I think God has overestimated what I can take.

That winter he was invited to give a reading at the University of Massachusetts (Boston), but not a single person showed up. He sat in the silent lecture hall while his two sponsors gazed at their watches; finally Yates suggested they adjourn to a bar. He didn't seem particularly surprised.

We laughed about a lot of things that we should have taken more seriously. But no matter how serious or dangerous the situation was, we always found something to laugh about later on. It always seemed better to laugh than to cry. We had to laugh to keep from crying.

Sometimes your disappointments make you a stronger person for the future.

Fred Sometimes you're flush and sometimes you're bust, and when you're up, it's never as good as it seems, and when you're down, you never think you'll be up again. But life goes on.

Sobrevivência, às vezes, é uma bênção mista.

Families dropped out of programs, suffered through emergencies, had to move overnight. No one seemed surprised when a kid stayed out of school or didn't come to meals; no one asked where he or she was, as if missing stuff was just part of life.

If your idea is big enough and crazy enough, all you have to do is survive. If you survive you will succeed.

When your team is winning, be ready to be tough, because winning can make you soft. On the other hand, when your team is losing, stick by them. Keep believing

Let your associates know exactly what lies ahead for them. If it is long hours, lots of travel, belt-tightening, let them know. Let them step up to the challenge of tough times. Lead them into the future with their eyes wide open, ready to tackle what lies ahead.

Between 1941 and 1945, maps of Pacific typhoon lanes may as well have been marked "Here Be Dragons.

A loose feather can't be put back...but a broken wing can sometimes heal.

Set backs are bumps in the road, they are not the end of the roads.

With Bledsoe accepting the disappointment as a consummate professional,

Though the road's been rocky it sure feels good to me.

Every day the bucket a go a wellOne day the bottom a go drop out.

Though the road's been rocky it sure feels good to me.

My feet is my only carriage.

You can't find the right roads when the streets are paved.

You never know how strong you are until being strong is your only choice.

If you get down and you quarrel everyday, you're saying praises to the devil, I say.

The stone that the builder refused shall be the head corner stone.

You will never know how strong you are until being strong is the only choice you have.

They say the sun an-a shines for all, But-a yin some people world, it never shine at all.