Quotes About Adversity

During the war some of the country's sharpest minds had looked as if they had been dragged through a hedge backwards.

In life, toughness and roughness go together.

When your enemy is tough make your actions rough, you will meet at the same point.

Waiting for a battle was the hardest part. Unless you got a dagger in your gut during the battle. Then that was hardest. Or you got through just fine and saw your men dead around you. Then that was.

I have a high art: I hurt with cruelty those who would wound me.

Sweet is war to those who have never experienced it.

Most people are remarkably resilient. Even those who have been through war or great loss often find reservoirs of strength. But the legacy of trauma is a heavy burden to bear.

6, 000 people were killed, crippled, and wounded during the War of Independence. The economy was devastated - there was no milk, just milk powder. No eggs, but egg powder. Meat was only once a week.

One soul-mate is enough to face life's countless soul-enemies.

There are moments when troubles enter our lives and we can do nothing to avoid them. But they are there for a reason. Only when we have overcome them will we understand why they were there.

There will always be rocks in the road ahead of us. They will be stumbling blocks or stepping stones; it all depends on how you use them.

The world is a severe schoolmaster, for its frowns are less dangerous than its smiles and flatteries, and it is a difficult task to keep in the path of wisdom.

Remember that the storm is a good opportunity for the pine and the cypress to show their strength and their stability.

If a gem falls into mud it is still valuable. If dust ascends to heaven, it remains valueless.

I think I got a lot of life skills; I got a lot of wisdom; I've seen a lot of bad things happen to a lot of good people.

Use your fear... it can take you to the place where you store your courage.

You don't get character because you're successful; you build character because of the hardships you face.

Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.

And the winds and the waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.

Wisdom is the art of living skillfully in whatever actual conditions we find ourselves.

Get used to a rough life, for luxury does not last forever.

The good news is that the bad news can be turned into good news when you change your attitude.

I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a single political argument left.

Failure is a part of success. There is no such thing as a bed of roses all your life. But failure will never stand in the way of success if you learn from it.