Quotes About Adversity

'In the nineteenth century, we beat the British more than once,' Afghans often told me. 'In the twentieth century, we beat the Russians. In the twenty-first, if we have to, we'll beat the Americans!'

As I grew up, I was continually to suffer hardships in different realms of life - in my family, in my relationship to Japanese society and in my way of living at large in the latter half of the twentieth century.

The trouble with us is that the ghetto of the Middle Ages and the children of the twentieth century have to live under one roof.

Twenty years I've been fighting Ali, and I still want to take him apart piece by piece and send him back to Jesus.

As for us, during twenty years' reign, we have known much bitterness.

I didn't even have a computer until I was twenty years old.

I have been hunted for twenty-one years. I have literally lived in the saddle. I have never known a day of perfect peace.

I think the most important thing that I've learned is that you live and you learn. Try not to make the same mistakes twice.

I never went to high school. I never really finished eighth grade. I was kicked out of seventh grade once and eighth grade twice. Mainly for not showing up and not doing it. Then I went to an alternative high school for part of what would have been ninth grade and part of what would have been 10th grade.

I had a lot of strong women around my whole life who were survivors. My grandma survived breast cancer twice and the death of her child and the death of her brother, and, you know, just a lot of tragedy, and she's still the happiest person I've ever met.

I've failed once or twice real big, independent.

I was falsely arrested twice, slandered and defamed.

I got hit twice in the face, and that was not fun.

I nearly died twice after I replaced Michael Crawford in 'EFX.'

Charlotte Flair - she took my title from me. I did beat her twice; however, she beat me and took my title from me, unfortunately. But I'm gonna get it back.

I failed eighth grade twice, and then they moved me up to ninth grade. Then I failed that and dropped out. My teacher would hand me a test, and I'd grade it myself with an F, then put my head down on the desk.

How can they beat me? I've been struck by lightning, had two back operations, and been divorced twice.

I have asked myself once or twice lately what was my natural bent. I have no doubt at all: It is to look at each day for the evil of that day and have a go at it, and that is why I have never failed to have an acute interest in each morning's letters.

Twice the Republicans in the California legislature tried to block my seating because of my trips to Hanoi.

Most families had four, five brothers. But because it was just me and Darryl, we had to be twice as strong.

I was kicked out of The Stars And Stripes twice, and finally got back in.

I have been in danger of being drowned twice.

Hey, I was lucky twice. I know it's three strikes and you're out. I don't think of myself as being invincible anymore.

My first year of college was tough. I thought that just being an athlete I could get by. I thought I was okay until I got kicked out, which happened twice.