Quotes About Adversity

I think we all attract troublemakers; I don't think it's particularly about anyone. I had it actually as an album title, and I thought it would be really cool to write a song about a girl that's a bit of troublemaker.

To be honest, whatever troubles I've had, I've also gotten the opportunities to do things.

Now, no matter what background you come from, there is nobody in this world who can say that their life is without troubles. Everybody faces problems at some point in their life. All that matters is how you deal with it.

I've heard there are troubles of more than one kind; some come from ahead, and some come from behind. But I've brought a big bat. I'm all ready, you see; now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!

Nothing lasts forever - not even your troubles.

The troubles of our proud and angry dust are from eternity, and shall not fail. Bear them we can, and if we can we must. Shoulder the sky, my lad, and drink your ale.

When you start in life, if you find you are wrongly placed, don't hesitate to change, but don't change because troubles come up and difficulties arise. You must meet and overcome and conquer them. And in meeting and overcoming and conquering them, you will make yourself stronger for the future.

The art of living lies not in eliminating but in growing with troubles.

I don't think of my characters as bumbling. I think that trouble is what drives a novel, both big troubles and small troubles, and whatever people try to do in life, there are a series of stumbling-blocks in the way, and I think that makes for interesting reading. I think of them as doing their best with the roadblocks that they're given.

During my Mount Everest journey, I have gone through a lot many troubles, but at the end, I completed my journey and created a history for India.

I think if you laugh at your troubles and tell the whole world what went wrong, you can't be frightened by anything.

Many gloat over their own troubles.

The troubles which have come upon us always seem more serious than those which are only threatening.

All my adult life, there was the Troubles. That was the backdrop of my life.

Everyone has troubles in their life.

Everybody's going to have troubles and problems.

Talking through troubles, staying calm in the face of adversity, that's what my father taught me. It's an invaluable lesson because there's no shortage of adversity and mistakes to be dealt with.

I didn't foresee troubles in my second film.

Despite PAL's troubles in the late 1990s, we were fortunate to have steered the company to clearer skies.

You know, I've been hit with a Greb boot in the face and I've been spat on. And my kids light up when they hear these stories. It really takes their minds off their troubles.

I wanted people to see I am human, I do have troubles and things don't always come easy.

I've been in there with, to me, some top-tier guys, and so has Trout. You can't take that away from him at all. He's fought all of the top guys, everybody.

My grandmother raised five children during the Depression by herself. At 50, she threw her sewing machine into the back of a pickup truck and drove from North Dakota to California. She was a real survivor, so that's my stock. That's how I want my kids to be too.

Everything's challenging for me, singing-wise. I'm like an old truck with one gear left on it.