Quotes About Adversity

Rage -- that old familiar friend that got him through the hardest of times.

But she wasn't a fool either. Better than anyone she knew how easy it was to become a victim. It didn't mean you were weak or stupid. It didn't mean you had done anything wrong. More often than not it meant you were unlucky enough to run smack into a giant douchebag bent on all manner of assholery.

There's no such thing as ruining your life. Life's a pretty resilient thing, it turns out.

Darling, when things go wrong in life, you lift your chin, put on a ravishing smile, mix yourself a little cocktail...

If I've learned one lesson from all that's happened to me, it's that there is no such thing as the biggest mistake of your existence. There's no such thing as ruining your life. Life's a pretty resilient thing, it turns out.

Anger was better than weeping.

There is no success without hardship.

Our ship of state, which recent storms have threatened to destroy, has come safely to harbor at last.

Of all human ills, greatest is fortune's wayward tyranny.

Of no mortal say, 'That man is happy,' till vexed by no grievous ill he pass Life's goal.

Fortune is not on the side of the faint-hearted.

The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.

Grief teaches the steadiest minds to waver.

When I have tried and failed, I shall have failed.

Adversity draws men together and produces beauty and harmony in life's relationships, just as the cold of winter produces ice-flowers on the window-panes, which vanish with the warmth.

What shell did not feel the sound waves and which bird did not face at least once the wind?

Experience is not always the kindest of teachers, but it is surely the best

Insults should be well avenged or well endured.

If there be no remedy, why worry

Don't worry about me for I know why I was sent to earth-to gain experiences and work out my salvation. I work out my salvation with my mind not my legs. I'll be alright! He accepted the fact that he would never walk again as a challenge which could fortify his faith even further.

Strength and struggle travel together.

Being human, we would expel from our lives physical pain and mental anguish and assure ourselves of continual ease and comfort, but if we were to close the doors upon sorrow and distress, we might be excluding our greatest friends and benefactors. Suffering can make saints of people as they learn patience, long-suffering, and self-mastery.

Some guys step on a rake in the dark, and get mad and go punch somebody. Others step on a rake in the dark and fall down laughing at themselves. I know which kind of guy I'd rather be. So do my friends.

it's better than a stick in the eye