logo

Quotes About Adversity

We could do nothing to please her . If I said as sunnily as I could, 'Hey, Mrs Dubose,' I would receive for an answer, 'Don't you say hey to me, you ugly girl! You say good afternoon, Mrs Dubose!
~ Harper Lee
Adevaratul curaj este sa stii caesti invins de la bun inceput, dar sa nu renunti totusi la lupta.
~ Harper Lee
Atticus said that Jem was trying hard to forget something, but what he was really doing was storing it away for a while, until enough time passed. Then he would be able to think about it and sort things out.
~ Harper Lee
You aren't really a nigger-lover, then, are you?" "I certainly am. I do my best to love everybody … I'm hard put, sometimes—baby, it's never an insult to be called what somebody thinks is a bad name. It just shows you how poor that person is, it doesn't hurt you. So don't let Mrs. Dubose get you down. She has enough troubles of her own.
~ Harper Lee
You might hear some ugly talk about it at school, but do one thing for me if you will: you just hold your head high and keep those fists down. No matter what anybody says to you, don't you let 'em get your goat. Try fighting with your head for a change . . . it's a good one, even if it does resist learning.
~ Harper Lee
Bu kez farkl?, dedi Atticus. Bu kez Yankilerle savaÅŸm?yoruz, dostlar?m?zla sava??yoruz. Ama ÅŸunu unutma, iÅŸler ne kadar kötüye giderse gitsin, onlar yine de bizim dostumuz, buras? da bizim ülkemiz.
~ Harper Lee
Chcia?em, ?eby? co? w niej dostrzeg?. ?eby? dostrzeg?, czym jest prawdziwa odwaga, i ?eby nigdy nie przysz?o ci do g?owy, ?e odwa?ny jest cz?owiek z pistoletem w r?ku. Odwa?ny jest ten, kto wie, ?e przegra, zanim jeszcze rozpocznie walk?, lecz mimo to zaczyna i prowadzi j? do ko?ca bez wzgl?du na wszystko.
~ Harper Lee
wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you know you're licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. You rarely win, but sometimes you do. Mrs. Dubose won, all ninety-eight pounds of her. According to her views, she died beholden to nothing and nobody. She was the bravest person I ever knew.
~ Harper Lee
Uno es valiente cuando, sabiendo que la batalla está perdida de antemano, lo intenta a pesar de todo y lucha hasta el final pase lo que pase.
~ Harper Lee
her—I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you know you're licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. You rarely win, but sometimes you do.
~ Harper Lee
No matter what anybody says to you, don't you let 'em get your goat. Try fighting with your head for a change . . . it's a good one, even if it does resist learning." "Atticus, are we going to win it?" "No, honey." "Then, why—" "Simply because we were licked a hundred years before we started is no reason for us not to try to win," Atticus said. "You
~ Harper Lee
Maycomb County had recently been told that it had nothing to fear but fear itself.
~ Harper Lee
quería que vieses lo que es la verdadera bravura, en vez de hacerte la idea de que la bravura la encarna un hombre con un arma en la mano. Uno es valiente cuando, sabiendo que ha perdido ya antes de empezar, empieza a pesar de todo y sigue hasta el final pase lo que pase. Uno vence raras veces, pero alguna vez vence
~ Harper Lee
Uno es valiente cuando, sabiendo que ha perdido ya antes de empezar, empieza a pesar de todo y sigue hasta el final pase lo que pase.
~ Harper Lee
Ganaremos el juicio, Atticus? -No, cariño -Entonces, ¿cómo...? -Simplemente, el que hayamos perdido cien años antes de empezar no es motivo para que no intentemos vencer.
~ Harper Lee
you just hold your head high and keep those fists down. No matter what anybody says to you, don't you let 'em get your goat. Try fighting with your head for a change... it's good one, even if it does resist learning.
~ Harper Lee
Halte immer den Kopf hoch und lass die Fäuste unten. Ganz gleich, was man dir sagt, lass dich nicht in Wut bringen. Versuche zur Abwechslung einmal mit dem Kopf zu kämpfen... er ist ganz gut beieinander, auch wenn er nicht lernen will.
~ Harper Lee
I wanted you to see something about her... I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you know you're licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. You rarely win, but sometimes you do.
~ Harper Lee
I wanted you to see what real courage is instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.
~ Harper Lee
you just hold your head high and keep those fists down. No matter what anybody says to you, don't you let 'em get your goat. Try fighting with your head for a change...It's a good one, even if it does resists learning.
~ Harper Lee
Kartais mane labai negražiai pavadina, bet žinok, vaikeli, jei kas nors ant tav?s burnoja, tai dar nereiškia, kad tu esi ?žeistas. Blogas žodis tav?s nežemina, tik parodo, koks apgail?tinas yra besikeikiantis žmogus.
~ Harper Lee
Miss Maudie puzzled me. With most of her possessions gone and her beloved yard a shambles, she still took a lively and cordial interest in Jem's and my affairs.
~ Harper Lee
Courage is when you know you're licked before you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what.
~ Harper Lee
I'm hard put, sometimes— baby, it's never an insult to be called what somebody thinks is a bad name. It just shows you how poor that person is, it doesn't hurt you. (Atticus)
~ Harper Lee