Quotes About Adversity

Be grateful for all ordeals, they are the shortest way to the Divine.

von 'ne unglückliche Liebe kann sich einer noch wieder erholen un ganz gut 'rausmausern, aber von's unglückliche Leben nicht.

Wer für den Strick geboren ist, kann im Wasser nicht umkommen. (S.104)

She had learned long ago that life was difficult. One had to live it with courage

It was the first moment I chose courage over fear, and I have always made the same choice since.

What good would it do for the Kates of the world to cry? They have learned that tears do not bring relief or change of circumstance. There is no one to wipe their tears, no one to assuage their grief.

If the history of the 20th Century proved anything, it proved that however bad things were, human ingenuity could usually find a way to make them worse.

When waters engulf us we reach for a star.

What a wretched thing it was to be born poor and not to have any one to do anything for you and not to be able to do so very much for yourself!

What is madness but nobility of the soul at odds with circumstance.

Snail, snail, glister me forward, Bird, soft-sigh me home, Worm, be with me. This is my hard time.

When you begin to get good, you'll arouse the haters of life.

I have lost my smile, but don't worry. The dandelion has it.

There is the mud, and there is the lotus that grows out of the mud. We need the mud in order to make the lotus.

Nonviolent action, born of the awareness of suffering and nurtured by love, is the most effective way to confront adversity.

here is the mud, and there is the lotus that grows out of the mud. We need the mud in order to make the lotus.

Suffering has its beneficial aspects. It can be an excellent teacher.

If you know how to make good use of the mud, you can grow beautiful lotuses. If you know how to make good use of suffering, you can produce happiness. We do need some suffering to make happiness possible. And most of us have enough suffering inside and around us to be able to do that. We don't have to create more.

Withough suffering you cannot grow

Never in all history has man had to face such terrible dangers. He is at the point where he is no longer sure of being able to control the situation. The economic, political, and military systems he has established have turned against him and imposed themselves upon him.

We never want anything bad to happen, especially to an athlete like Jon Jones.

I want to fight Anthony Johnson again, for sure. I want to fight Jon Jones again. I want to fight the guys that beat me, those who are at the top.

I lost my fight to Jon Jones because Jon Jones is a better fighter.

Hard times have been on Josh Barnett. Dealing with athletic commissions. Everybody's saying, 'You did this and you did that. You're the problem for this.' That's hard times. Hard times on my family. Hard times on my friends. Hard times on me.