Quotes About Adversity

How come when you're feeling good like this, something always happens to wreck it all? How come?

Lizzie Bright Griffin, do you ever wish the world would just go ahead and swallow you whole?" "Sometimes I do," she said, and then smiled. "but sometimes I figure I should just go ahead and swallow it.

I wonder why Holling had the fastest time," said Danny after the announcements - a whole lot louder than he had to. "Could it be because he was running away from two rats who were trying to eat him?" "That might have a little to do with it," I said.

Gary D. Schmidt

No matter what happens, there is always the business of the world to attend to.

If Mrs. Baker Hates your guts, why don't get some.

sometimes it feels as if life is governed by the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune.

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There are some things in this world that we cannot fix, and they happen, and it is not our fault, though we still might have to deal with them. There are other things in this world that we can fix. And that is what good teachers like me are for.

from unbearable pain and loss can come self-discovery and the strength and courage to continue life's journey.

Often, for me, the best ideas come out of extreme situations in unknown terrain, whether in cycling or in business. Pushing beyond what I think I can do creates an opening for new ideas.

Given these dynamics, companies that fall behind tend to stay there.

There's nothing like failure and humiliation to make you teachable.

If the roots are deep, have no fear that the wind will uproot the tree. CHINESE PROVERB

When you strive for greatness, chaos is guaranteed to show up.

There is no failure. You win or you learn. Either one is okay.

Extraordinary results aren't built solely on extraordinary results. They're built on failure too.

Accountable people absorb setbacks and keep going. Accountable people persevere through problems and keep pushing forward. Accountable people are results oriented and never defend actions, skill levels, models, systems, or relationships that just aren't get ting the job done.

Extraordinary results aren't built solely on extraordinary results. They're built on failure too. In fact, it would be accurate to say that we fail our way to success. When we fail, we stop, ask what we need to do to succeed, learn from our mistakes, and grow. Don't be afraid to fail. See it as part of your learning process and keep striving for your true potential.

Let us become intentional to use personal slights, inconveniences, acts of gossip and slander, times of difficulty, and even sickness as opportunities to grow in patience and understanding and humility instead of bitterly resenting each one.

have had to come to grips with the fact that people have lied and will lie about me; they will rip a few sentences out of context, twist a few passages, and make me sound like I believe something I don't because they need something to be angry about and oppose.

Everyone who enters the marriage relationship will come to a point where the marriage starts to rub somewhat adversely. It is for these times that the promise is made. Anticipating struggle, God has ordained a remedy, holding us to our word of commitment. In this struggle we become nobler people.

Under pressure people can perform fifteen percent better or fifteen percent worse.

In truth, life is based upon failures. If you don't fail, you're probably not challenging yourself enough.