Quotes About Adversity

You will carry on and find joy in life because being sad doesn't help me.

Lo que le había permitido superar aquellos horribles años había sido su carácter luchador.

Algunas veces no tenemos ningún control sobre las cosas que nos abaten. Lo único que podemos hacer es encontrar la forma de enfrentarnos a ellas e intentar levantarnos.

No one seemed to understand that she hadn't chosen to be standoffish. That was simply a byproduct of what she'd been through.

I think people are very brave and often are a lot more frightened than they're allowed to admit. Life is much harder to live for most people than we want to admit. And so many things take a summoning up of courage. It makes one's own life a little bit easier when you can acknowledge that. -Ursula LeGuin, interviewed by

We are more than pawns, Kate. We are free to make our own choices. Kings and bishops shall not forever determine the fate of free men. (Frith) You're fleeing the wrath of a bishop, aren't you, and the king's soldiers? How can you be anything but a pawn in a dangerous game? (Kate) My choice, Kate. My choice not to play by the bishop's rules. A man whose spirit is free will never be a pawn in somebody else's game no matter what the consequences of his choice. (John) (p. 121)

I was deep behind enemy lines, in the very heart of the enemy camp.

There were no answers, just as there were no concrete connect-the-dot justifications of daily life's randomness: shit happens, deal with it, stop whining, take your medicine, grow the fuck up.

Our choice, it seems, is whether we will let our past and present sufferings be sufficient to soften and break us, or whether we will resist and harden ourselves so even more suffering is required.

what today throws at you will force you to become better or bitter for tomorrow; it will push you toward breakdown or breakthrough...

Brian Freeman

In adverse circumstances, every creature becomes something else, evolving or devolving. What makes us human is that we know what we once were, and, let us hope, we remember how to change back.

As a human being, I was born on the brink of personal destruction, and I have spent my life dancing along the edge of that cliff.

We must face our responsibilities regardless of whether we get what we want.

No matter the challenge, his people knew how to endure.

You will have to rebuild an entire city." Xavier looked at Rhengalid with little sympathy. "But you can do that only because you are alive and free.

adverse circumstances, every creature becomes something else, evolving or devolving. What makes us human is that we know what we once were, and—let us hope—we remember how to change back. Ambassador Cammar Pilru, Dispatches in Defense of Ix

The ability to survive is the ability to face and overcome unexpected dangers. —Bene Gesserit axiom

The greatest and most important problems of life cannot be solved. They can only be outgrown. —SISTER JESSICA, private journal entry

The path of human destiny is not level, but fraught with high summits and deep chasms. —the Azhar Book

It's a long hard road ahead for you, little warrior. Enjoy a happy day while you can. —Boldred

Have you been travelling, my young friend? Come in out of the darkness and rain. Sit by the fire, eat, drink and rest yourself. Life is one long journey from beginning to end, you know. We all walk different roads, both with our bodies and our minds. Some of us lose heart and fall by the wayside, whilst others go on to realise their dreams and desires.

Aye, she'm cutten our tails off'n us wi' a single swipe, missie!

When ye get the good times, don't stop to mope about the bad 'uns.