Quotes About Adversity

Such teeth in this pain. Gnawing at her, then spitting her out to breathe for a moment and then biting again.

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hard times don't last.

Heartache had been a part of her life so long it had become as familiar as the color of her hair or the slight curve in her spine.

through hell, keep going. —WINSTON CHURCHILL

That was Jolene, cleaning up even when life was falling apart.

them, she didn't want to know. As they neared Le Jardin, Vianne struggled to push the heavy wheelbarrow

draw our strength from the very despair in which we have been forced to live. We shall endure. —CÉSAR CHÁVEZ

But, as with Matthew, loss had rearranged her from the inside out.

They'd come here with nothing and made something out of that nothing and they didn't cotton to being told how to live, not by each other or by a government that hardly seemed to know the Great Plains existed.

life can wound even the strongest heart

herself Ã¢â'¬Â¦ and a deep, abiding fear. Courage is fear you ignore.

Behind them, attached to the harness, was a

could stop the continental shelf from breaking apart. All you could do was hold on for the ride.

Life is tough, Loreda. You need to be tougher or it will turn you inside out.

I'm a Rossignol. A Nightingale in my own way.

Whose Names Are Unknown

Our greatest accomplishment is not in never failing, but in getting up each time we fail.

Yes. But there is light, too. In the times of greatest darkness, the light always shines through, because there are people who stand up to do brave, decent things. What I am trying to say, Yona, is that in moments like this, it doesn't matter what you were born to be. It matters what you choose to become.

I am, too, but the greatest deeds in life require us to rise above our fear.

We all suffer losses. But it is how we choose to move ahead that matters, isn't it? We must honor the past without turning our backs on the future.

sometimes, we only discover our calling in life when things are darkest.

But the greatest deeds in life require us to rise above our fear.

I'm broken, too. But sometimes it's the jagged edges that allow us to fit together. Sometimes it's the breaks that make us strong.