Quotes About Adversity

Universal law of equilibrium. Escape one horror, get hit by another.

But seriously, how do you get over the jitters?" Dad was still smiling but I could tell he had turned serious because he slowed down his speech. "You don't. You just work through it. You just hang in there

Sometimes fate or life or whatever you want to call it, leaves a door a little open and you walk through it. But sometimes it locks the door and you have to find the key, or pick the lock, or knock the damn thing down. And sometimes, it doesn't even show you the door, and you have to build it yourself. But if you keep waiting for the doors to be opened for you. . . ." she

That which is torn develops an increased capacity for insight and forbearance. A capacity to experience sensations that escape the notice of others.

I was panting by the time we reached the back of the casino. I felt perspiration run down my back and my sandals pinch my feet. They were adorable, but they were not made for chasing bad guys. Nevertheless, I kept going,

Great. Some women cruise Beverly and go home with a pair of Jimmy Choos. I go home with a broken leg.

If at first you don't succeed, kill your opponent.

Scars speak for you. They say you're strong, and you've survived something that might have killed others.

Without pressure, there would be no diamonds. Without tests and trials, you wouldn't know your own strength—or weaknesses.

And I know, sometimes storms were necessary. Even flowers needed to be watered. But... yeah.

Gotta slay a lion before you can slay a dragon

the strong aren't always strong and the weak aren't always weak. Everyone stumbles.

The harder you fight, The more you bleed.

The hardest battles have the sweetest victories.

Living shouldn't be synonymous with surviving.

I'd say I can't catch a break, but I'm currently on the back of a zebra

Puck the Undefeated had just become Puck the Fucked.

Poor guy, she thought with a shudder. Clearly he had no idea the crappy hand he'd been dealt. If she had to choose between being an angel and a dog, she'd choose the dog. They, at least, were respectable" Bianka of Lasyter

Fear is the enemy at your back with a knife to your throat

Mr. Boot draws back his leg, preparing to deliver another strike. I prepare to take it like a girl. Better than a man.

Wrong. You didn't handle demons. You starved them.

Livet är alldeles för kort för att man ska gräva ner sig i sorger

Scars speak for you. They say you're strong and you've survived something that might have killed others.

If left unchecked, my feelings can be a weapon more dangerous than a gun or a knife. They can send me sprinting down the wrong path and put me in the wrong place at the wrong time. They can hold me in darkness, blinding me to Light. They can make me soar one moment, and send me crashing the next. I must rise above. Must do what's right even when everything around me is wrong.