Quotes About Adversity

Anything can happen. But what goes wrong isn't your fault. You can't spend the rest of your life tiptoeing around to try and avert disaster. It won't work. You'll just end up missing the life you have.

I like being in a weak position, and making it strong.

The mistakes don't matter. It's what you do when you mess up that does.

As the joke goes, you don't have to be faster than the wolf chasing you, just faster than everyone else running away.

I was cold, hungry, and in a hole in the ground. But at least I had my elven porn, damnit!

Pull yourself together and land on your feet because it's better than landing on your head.

We must pass through the prism of our own destruction to see a new and better light.

Maybe it's not what we have that makes us who we are, it's what we're missing. A chromosome, a kidney, a sister, a feather, a bay.

Jamal takes a long breath. A tear slides down his cheek. When he squares his shoulders, my heart bursts with pride. He won't let them break him.

This is a fundamental fact of life, a law of the universe, and the moment you embrace it is the moment you are free. Everyone gets at least one sociopath, one a-hole, one hurtful narcissistic jerk who barges or stumbles or falls into their life and causes pain .

Life is often unfair, and we cannot change it. We can only do our utmost to make the best of what we've been dealt and perhaps try to bring a little happiness into others' lives. Isn't that what the Bible advises--to love one's neighbor as oneself?

When we let accidents teach us things that help us make better decisions down the road, then somethin' good comes out o' the mistake.

It's not about blame or wallowing...you are all molded by so much more than a dysfunctional past, and you must ultimately take responsibility for creating the life you want.

I shrugged. "There's a war on." "Yes," she said, "and you're winning it.

When we'd settled ourselves on the bed in Jamie's room, he said quietly, "Mam was angry at everything too." My head snapped up. "Because of me," I said. "Because of my foot.

Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

I was," I said. "It didn't matter." Fear and what you did with it were two separate things.

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But at the same time, I felt different. There was a Before Dunkirk version of me and an After Dunkirk version. The After Dunkirk version was stronger, less afraid.

It was hard enough to cope with Susan. How would I ever cope without her?

The second day was worse. The second day my good foot and leg hurt too.

We'd escaped. Mam, Hitlers bombs, my one-room prison. Everything. Crazy or not, I was free.