Quotes About Adversity

Tragedy is a hell of a teacher. It's much too strict, but it's a hell of a teacher.

Abraham Lincoln comes from nothing, has no education, no money, lives in the middle of nowhere on the frontier. And despite the fact that he suffers one tragedy and one setback after another, through sheer force of will, he becomes something extraordinary: not only the president but the person who almost single-handedly united the country.

Being made redundant is a personal tragedy.

It's okay to say you're doing well in the time of tragedy.

Some families can experience terrible tragedy and deal with it, and others not. I find those things fascinating.

When you suffer a tragedy, the secondary loss of having it bleed into other areas of your life is so real.

When people look at me outside, they think, 'She's so lucky,' but no one's exempt from tragedy.

Tragedy levels the playing field.

Right after the tragedy, President Bush asked Americans to get on with their lives and we did.

What surprised me most about the Donner tragedy was that, given the terrible circumstances, how anyone survived at all.

Well I would say that we're regular people first of all and we're normal and it's obvious by some of the things that have happened just because our name is famous we're not immune to tragedy.

No day-to-day mishaps or indignities can really compromise your sense of self after you've survived a deep tragedy.

Tragedy makes you grow up.

I think everybody has tragedy in their life. Everybody has hurdles in their life. Everybody has tough things to overcome. My kids say to me, 'This isn't fair.' I said, 'Life isn't fair.' Everybody has their issues. It's how you handle your issues that distinguishes you.

All I can tell you is that I've never met a woman who is not strong, but sometimes they don't let it out. Then there's a tragedy, and then all of a sudden that strength comes. My message is let the strength come out before the tragedy.

Normally street children are shown in terms of the tragedy of their lives - which is true - but there's also another dimension: their wisdom, dignity and enormous capacity for survival.

I'm sure there are people who survive tragedy without humor, but I've never met any of them. Nor would I be particularly interested in writing about them if I did meet them.

Tragedy is one of the larger prices we pay for being alive. No one ever sidesteps tragedy. It is always there, shadowing us.

I have never been one to run when tragedy strikes.

Bad days will come for each one of us, and the more we've thought these things through ahead of time, the better prepared we'll be when tragedy strikes or struggles emerge.

Even in the face of tragedy, human beings need to find a way to laugh. It's normal. It's life.

I think that no human gets away unscathed in this old life. We've all experienced loss and grief and pain and tragedy.

Oftentimes, experiencing tragedy very young can strangely give you a kind of equilibrium.

Untangling Christmas lights is the true tragedy of 'Stranger Things.'