Quotes About Adversity

Lay me on an anvil, O God. Beat me and hammer me into a crowbar. Let me pry loose old walls. Let me lift and loosen old foundations. Lay me on an anvil, O God. Beat me and hammer me into a steel spike. Drive me into the girders that hold a skyscraper together. Take red-hot rivets and fasten me into the central girders. Let me be the great nail holding a skyscraper through blue nights into white stars.

You must expect to be in several lost causes before you die.

Back of every mistaken venture and defeat is the laughter of wisdom, if you listen.

Everything in war is very simple, but the simplest thing is difficult

One of the Greatest Forces in the Lives of Warriors is Fear. It Spurs them to Learn.

There are two things in life you cannot choose. The first is your enemies; the second your family. Sometimes the difference between them is hard to see, but in the end time will show you that the cards you have been dealt could always have been worse.

A good friend once told me that the problems are like cockroaches. If drawn to light, they'll get scared.

Every labyrinth has its minotaur

A good friend once told me that problems are like cockroaches. If you bring them out into the light, they get scared and leave.

Nobody succeeds without failing first.

When a rat sneaks in, there's no way of getting rid of it. You give it poison, and it eats it. You set up a rat trap, and it shits on it. A rat is the most difficult thing in the world to get rid of. Because rats are cowards. Because they hide. Because they think they're cleverer than you.

A good friend once told me that problems are like cockroaches," he said in the joking tone he used when he wanted to say something serious. "If you bring them out into the light, they get scared and leave.

Dvije stvari u životu ne možeš birati, Bene.Prva su neprijatelji. Druga, obitelj. Katkada je teško razabrati razliku me?u njima, ali vrijeme pokaže da si, na kraju krajeva, uvijek mogao pro?i i gore. Život je, sine moj, poput prve partije šaha. Kad po?neš shva?ati kako se kre?u figure, ve? si izgubio.

You're one of those people who fall off a tree and never quite reach the ground.

him. Never trust anyone, Daniel, especially the people you admire. Those are the ones who will make you suffer the worst blows.

No te pongas años de más, sabandijilla, que ya te los pondrá la vida

Ein guter Freund hat einmal zu mir gesagt, die Probleme seien wie Kakerlaken. Immer wenn er ernst sein sollte, verfiel er in einen scherzhaften Ton. Wenn man sie ans Licht holt, erschrecken sie und machen sich auf und davon.

What all doctors say: what doesn't kill you makes you fat.

A mesquinhez dos homens' — costumava dizer — 'é um pavio em busca da chama'.

Había querido creer que saldríamos adelante con soplos de miseria y de esperanza.

According to an uncle of his who had lost an arm and an eye in the war, one can only be a hero when one is genuinely afraid. Someone who faces danger fearlessly is just an idiot.

Isaac pakte een olielamp van de vloer en hief hem op ter hoogte van mijn gezicht. 'U ziet er niet goed uit,' oordeelde hij. 'Indigestie.' 'Waarvan?' 'Het leven.' 'Sluit u dan maar achteraan in de rij.

Die Liebe ist der einzige Stein, der immer über denselben Menschen stoplert.

In verlorenen Schlachten besteht die letzte Verteidigung in der Gleichgültigkeit.