Quotes About Adversity

Failure is your invention.

During dark times, real entrepreneurs come out. They are not competing with 10 look-alike companies for engineering talent, so it's a great time to invest and help build companies.

I lost my computer business when I was 29 because I gave credit to firms I didn't investigate. I lost my house and had to move back in with my parents and then I lived in an office for six months.

The main thing during a crisis is discipline, to begin investing in time again after the crisis subsides.

I've made stupid investments. I've made stupid decisions as an employee. I've made foolish decisions as a manager. I've gotten fired. I've lost businesses. I went through all of those things.

No man is invincible.

I find the character of Jarasandh, the King of Magadha, captivating and challenging since he was invincible.

I was six years old before I realized that there was something wrong with me... But I did have this crooked left leg, and my left foot was turned inward.

I knew I had to leave. If Iran was not good for eh-Takhti, it was not good for me.

My family emigrated to the U.S. after the Iranian revolution in 1978.

I was an immigrant. I came here at 12. We were caught behind the Iron Curtain until I was 10.

Americans have always risen to the moment, from defeating the scourge of fascism to bringing down the Iron Curtain.

I was sick a lot, and doctors told my grandmother I'd never grow up to be big and strong. Isn't that ironic?

It's the only way we can lose, irrespective of the result.

Even though you're irritated or disappointed about a game, never lose your human side.

I'm used to people being irritated by me. I'm like, girl, whatever. Be irritated. I'm gonna live my dream.

'Island of the Blue Dolphins' by Scott O'Dell had a huge impact on me.

Try backpacking in Indonesia and taking boats between the islands, or catching a bus from Marrakech to Essaouira in the middle of the night, with an eight-foot board. It's just impossible!

We have lived through so much alone and isolated.

Through these adversities, Israel has endured with continued strength, conviction, and faith.

Self-belief is certainly an issue you need to make sure you look after when you've lost heavily in two games.

If what you want is a life where your homosexuality is not an issue, move, as many have done.

I've fallen short in my career, in MMA, but it is what it is. You're going to do that. I just wanted opportunities.

Losing to a Hall of Famer, a legend, Manny Pacquiao, it is what it is. It was a great fight and the fans loved it. I lost a title but I gained respect with how I fought that night.