Quotes About Adversity

When you're having trouble and topping the ball, it means the ground is moving on you.

I chose and my world was shaken. So what? The choice may have been mistaken; the choosing was not. You have to move on.

When life takes the wind out of your sails, it is to test you at the oars.

See every difficulty as a challenge, a stepping stone, and never be defeated by anything or anyone.

You can fall, but you can rise also.

There is nothing that teaches you more than regrouping after failure and moving on.

It took me a long time to learn that mistakes aren't good or bad, they're just mistakes, and you clean them up and go on.

Laughter, and the broader category of humor, are key elements in helping us go on with our life after a loss.

Since I was young, I have always known this: Life damages us, every one. We can't escape that damage. But now, I am also learning this: We can be mended. We mend each other.

People say, 'Oh, God, how devastating to go through a divorce.' Did I wish for this to happen to my family? No. But everyone is healthy; we're moving on with our lives.

I didn't run from the situation. I didn't hide the ordeal from the reporters like the sissy baseball players. I fought it head-on... We dealt with it. It's over. And now we're moving on.

You can not avoid life or your thoughts you can only make the best of your current situation and move on with a positive mental attitude.

If you are busy focusing on the falling bricks, you will never realize that they are truly stepping stones you need to cross over to the next phase of your life.

I know it's possible to overcome even very big problems in life, to heal yourself and move on

All things which greatly hurt me greatly teach me

You can be bit in the leg by a rattlesnake and seek help to heal your wound, or you can run after it and let the poison take your leg. The same is true with love.

You don't have to let that one thing be the thing that defines you.

STAR: My dad always told me that life will keep on kicking you if you let it. You've got to keep moving, and you've got to not look back.

My innocence is wearin' thinBut my heart is growing strong.

You know the good thing with hardships and moving on? -- you'll surely taste the pleasure of getting up and do more. Be better!

Unfortunately I've been to jail a couple times. Anytime I come in it's difficult to make music, write songs.

If they cut off both hands, I will compose music anyway holding the pen in my teeth.

You should never be comfortable, man. Being comfortable fouled up a lot of musicians.

Jazz is music made by and for people who have chosen to feel good in spite of conditions.