Quotes About Adversity

All I need is a badly mangled, irate sentence stalking me.

You might be able to thrash your way out of a spiderweb, but thrashing in quicksand doesn't work. The harder you fight, the more ground you lose. Struggling merely expedites your inevitable defeat.

Because I know a priceless truth: when someone has done everything in their power to mangle your wings beyond recognition, to slice them to shreds so that they can never be used, there is only one way to win. Fly.

It's not the hand you're dealt that matters. It's how you play the cards.

One minute you think you've got the world by the balls, the next minute you don't know where the fuck the world's balls are." "Sure I do," I say irritably. "Right next to the world's big fat hairy asshole, upon which I seem to be stuck in superglue lately, waiting for it to have its next case of explosive diarrhea.

Depression gets you nowhere but tangled in an overgrown garden that can choke the life out of you.

Life fucks you anonymously. It doesn't want to know your name, doesn't give a shit about your station. The terrain never stops shifting. One minute you think you've got the world by the balls, the next minute you don't know where the fuck the world's balls are.

and have lived through hells of your own before ever coming to me. I have only given you one more hell to add to it.

If I were a character in a novel, I'd snipe the bitch who wrote my life this way.

Things never stop going wrong. Life isn't about waiting for peace to arrive, it's about learning to thrive in the midst of war. There

I'd had no idea what life or love was. Life didn't explode in the sunshine and pretty places. Life took the strongest root with a little bit of rain and a whole lot of shit for fertilizer. Although love could grow in times of peace, it temperred in battle.

The things I could teach her Ã¢â'¬Â¦ if she could survive them.

Time will scar my wound and I'll emerge from my fugue tougher, if not healed.

Am I being persecuted?" He smiles faintly. "If only it were that personal. Life fucks you anonymously. It doesn't want to know your name, doesn't give a shit about your station. The terrain never stops shifting. One minute you think you've got the world by the balls, the next minute you don't know where the fuck the world's balls are.

Perspective is a funny thing. You think your back is to the wall, then something worse corners you, and the first threat looks puny in comparison.

One thing I've learned is that the harder your life gets, the gentler you have to be with yourself when you finally get some downtime, or you can't be strong when you need to be.

one must break with one's past to embrace one's future. It is never an easy thing to do. It is one of the distinguishing characteristics between survivors and victims. Letting go of what was, to survive what is." (Page 106)

Rule #1 in the Universe: the crap always hits the fan. It's the nature of crap. It's a fan magnet.

Life didn't explode in the sunshine and pretty places. Life took the strongest root with a little bit of rain and a whole lot of shit for fertilizer.

Hayat bir okyanustur ve dalgalarla doludur. Her ÅŸey tehlikelidir. Hepsi seni boÄŸabilir. DoÄŸru koÅŸullar alt?nda en küçük bir dalga bile ölümcül olabilir. Dalgalar? aÅŸmak hafta sonu savaÅŸç?s?na göredir. Birini seç ve tepesine ç?k. Hayatta kalma ÅŸans?n? artt?r?r.

Anyone worth knowing breaks once.

Kahlil Gibran says Your joy can fill you only as deeply your sorrow has carved you. If you've never tasted bitterness, sweet is just another pleasant flavor on your tongue. One day I'm going to hold a lot of joy.

We Irish know how to make the most of the times of plenty, for sure enough they'll be famine again.

You can't help yourself, can you? You think the only thing to do with a parade is rain on it. Some people know to enjoy the parade because, dude, the rain always comes back.