Quotes About Adversity

You know the sting of losing or not getting something you badly want. When that happens show what you are made of.

If we from wealth to poverty descend, Want gives to know the flatterer from the friend.

I spent several years in a north Vietnamese prison camp in the dark, fed with scraps. Do you think I want to do that all over again as vice president of the United States?

Honestly, I don't want to worry about the trivial feelings here. I have nothing and I still have a far way to go. There's no time for me to hesitate. The people around me force me to hesitate.

If I have learned anything in this long life of mine, it is this: in love we find out who we want to be; in war we find out who we are.

This is the strange way of the world, that people who simply want to love are instead forced to become warriors.

I thought beforehand, if [Marie] Henein is going to be a shark, I'm going to be a jellyfish, because you can't catch a jellyfish. Not that I didn't want to be caught, I just wanted to present solid.

Not everyone out in a storm wants to be saved

An injured lion wants to know if he can still roar.

The world can be a hard place sometimes... You have to have heart. You have to be strong. Parents want their children to grow up to be strong. Not just any strong, mind you, but loving strong.

When I was out of favor and people didn't want that type of boot, flats, or high heels with the elegant, dainty things, it gave me much more energy.

If we flaunt our wealth, we make enemies of people who have only their inner strength to get them through. And those are the people I want on my side.

You pout like a trout in a drought...can't get out. You want to scream, but fish can't shout.

You look after yourself. You believe in God. And if people want to drag you down, you fight that, and you keep on fighting.

He that lendeth to another in time of prosperity, shall never want help himself in the time of adversity.

I loved World War II. I didn't want the war to end. I wanted the war to go on forever.

If somebody is strong and showing good performances and perfect in the thing you are doing, there are people who want to disturb you.

You may have crap that wants to drag you down, but if you really like what you're doing, then there's always a silver lining.

I'm in a position where whatever I do, I can get my head handed to me. I'm in a position to fail because there is a whole group of people out there who want me to fail. It's a weird vibe.

When you come off something really disappointing, you want to come back and kind of regroup and get involved in something positive right away.

A year ago, you wanted to give up because we were losing, and now, you want to give up because we're winning.

That which does not kill us has to get up extra early in the morning if it wants to get us next time.

Many would live by their Wits, but break for want of Stock.

Keep your head up and smile, because someone somewhere wants to see you fail.