Quotes About Adversity

Si no haces algún enemigo de vez en cuando, es que eres un cobarde... o algo peor. Ángela

Es imposible pasar por la vida sin recibir ningún rasguño. Tampoco es deseable. Por las heridas que acumulamos podemos conocer tanto nuestras locuras como nuestros logros. Arya

Misfortune always comes to those who wait. The trick is to find happiness in the brief gaps between disasters.

All we can do is strive to accept our fate with grace, whatever it might be.

O que tiver de acontecer, acontece, e não vou perder tempo de vida a preocupar-me com isso. A infelicidade vai sempre ao encontro de quem a espera. O truque é encontrar felicidade nos breves intervalos entre os desastres.

After a moment, she felt Tornac pull her sleeve back down, and he said, That... is a very impressive scar. You should be proud of it. Confused, she looked back at him. Why? It's ugly, and I hate it. A faint smile played around the corners of his lips. Because a scar means you survived. It means you're tough and hard to kill. It means you lived. A scar is something to admire.

Nunca peques de exceso de confianza, Eragon. Nunca te vuelvas arrogante, porque en ese momento te descuidarás y tus enemigos se aprovecharán de tu debilidad.

We are no longer awkward younglings. Our enemies may be fearsome, but so are we. It is time we remind them of that.

A month in quarantine would wear on anyone.

La desgracia siempre llega a los que la esperan. El truco es encontrar la felicidad en los breves periodos entre desgracias.

Tapi kau sudah melakukan apapun yang bisa kau lakukan, dan ketika kau tidak bisa melakukan apa-apa lagi kau berdamai dengan takdirmu, dan kau tidak melawannya tanpa guna. Itu adalah kebijakan, bukan kelemahan - Katrina

Kalau kau tidak membuat musuh sekali-sekali, artinya kau pengecut -- atau lebih buruk lagi - Angela

Dari segala hal di dunia ini, yang tersulit adalah mengubah diri sendiri

Just remember," he said gently, "that at a certain point, your enemies may have to become your allies. Such is the nature of life.

Nothing is more dangerous than an enemy with nothing to lose, he thought. Which is what I have become.

for a negative outlook is more of a handicap than any physical injury.

It's not easy is it?-Kira Why should it be? Nature has no regard for those who squirm and crawl within its tainted depths. The storm that batters, batters all. None are spared. Not you, not I, not the stars in the sky. We bind our cloaks and bend our heads and focus on our lives. But the storm, it never breaks, never fades.- Gregorovich

Cuando realmente pones a prueba tu autocontrol es cuando tienes que mantener la calma en una situación complicada. No puedes permitir que la ira o la frustración nublen tus pensamientos.

I have always been an inconvenience. Whatever you think of me, though

What of it? If you don't make a few enemies every now and then, you're a coward - or worse. Besides, it was worth it to see his reaction.

It's impossible to go through life unscathed. Nor should you want to. By the hurts we accumulate, we measure both our follies and our accomplishments.

We thought you were dead." "They'll have to try harder than that if they want to kill me. Bunglers, the lot of them.

I'll fight when needed, revel when there's occasion, mourn when there is grief, and die if my time comes … but I won't let anyone use me against my will.

He had lost much that was dear to him, yet fate had given him rare and great gifts; for the first time, he was proud of simply who he was