Quotes About Adversity

For every move, there is a countermove. For every disaster, there is a recovery. He never lost faith in his own agency. With his fortune fast diminishing, it was time to act.

The greatness of Zemurray lies in the fact that he never lost faith in his ability to salvage a situation. Bad things happened to him as bad things happen to everyone, but unlike so many he was never tempted by failure. He never felt powerless or trapped. He was, as I said

Avrus ipse miseriae causa est suae. (Publilius Sent.:

Your storm, Thlayli-rah. Use it.

Bigwig, as he had predicted, was getting his head bitten off.

Think yourself lucky," said Bigwig, bleeding and cursing, "that I don't kill you.

even a small warren. This one had

Can you run?" said Hazel. "I think not. Why you pop-eyed, back-door saucer-scraper—

You've bitten through a bigger peg than this one I'm dragging.

For birds and animals, as for poor men, winter is another matter.

Bad things are not the worst things that an happen to us. NOTHING is the worst thing that can happen to us.

Wrong turns are as important as right turns. More important, sometimes.

There is no such thing as a problem without a gift for you in its hands. You seek problems because you need their gifts.

You seek problems because you need their gifts.

There's no disaster that can't become a blessing, and no blessing that can't become a disaster.

An easy life doesn't teach us anything. In the end it's the learning that matters: what we've learned and how we've grown

Every problem has a gift for you in its hands.

Fear not, nor be dismayed at the appearance that is darkness, at the disguise that is evil, at the empty cloak that is death, for you have picked these for your challenges. They are stones on which you choose to whet the keen edge of your spirit.

No aprendas nada, y el próximo mundo será igual que éste, con las mismas limitaciones y pesos de plomo que superar

Fletcher Lynd Seagull was still quite young, but already he knew that no bird had ever been so harshly treated by any Flock, or with so much injustice.

In every disaster, in every blessing, ask, Why me?       There's a reason, of course, there's an answer.

There are no mistakes. The events we bring upon ourselves, no matter how unpleasant, are necessary in order to learn what we need to learn; whatever steps we take, they're necessary to reach the places we've chosen to go....

You're a master when things go well, you're a victim when they go out of control.

WE MUST HONOR our dragons, encourage them to be worthy destroyers, expect they'll strive to cut us down.  It's their duty to ridicule us, it's their job to demean us, to force us if they can to stop being different!  And when we walk our way no matter their fire and their fury, our dragons shrug when we're out of sight, return to their card games philosophical: Ah, well, we can't toast 'em all . . .