Quotes About Adversity

I want Ron to stand up to Malfoy and punish him.

It's easy to kick somebody when they're down. George W. Bush has dealt with more difficult issues than any president since Franklin Roosevelt. And I've told my colleagues it's time that we go stand up for the president.

Some people's developmental path has not equipped them to stand up and let go of something.

It's a hard thing when you've got guns pointed at you, to still stand up for what you believe in. Jimmie Lee and his family did that, and several others.

When you bottom out, you have to stand up and get going again.

I learned that when you stand up for what you believe in, you'll get a lot of support. But there are always going to be negative things said about you.

It's a very big world with some very big characters. And, boy, do you have to be able to stand up for yourself when you walk into a working men's club and negotiate a loan.

As an only child, you've got to stand up for yourself.

You need to be brave to able to stand up to tough atmospheres and against top players.

I admire anyone who can show they can dig deep. Ballesteros and Sergio Garcia, people who are obviously mentally strong. Or Graham Thorpe. He is your fighter. He's the kid who is bullied at school but will stand up in a fight when it matters.

If I want to be brave enough to stand up and make my opinions count, I will have to take the punches and roll with it.

Kids will always find something to pick on, whether it's your color, your religion, the way you look, your size. You try and stand up for yourself, but it's really difficult when you've got 20 or 30 girls against you.

I know how to stand up to a bully - but maybe more importantly how to work around a bully.

Stand-up comedy is not for the faint-hearted or the thin-skinned.

Stand-up comedy and poverty. Those were my two main endeavors.

Ask any woman who has gone through a divorce and had her standard of living decline substantially. Ask any woman who's been fired or 'reorg'ed out' and had to scramble to take a job she didn't want. Ask any woman who wanted to quit a job but couldn't afford to. Investing is possibly the best career advice women aren't getting.

I've been mocked a lot. I've been made fun of, you know, of the standards that I keep out, and that I hold out on the road and the way I conduct my business and myself and the way I behave in this business.

It's very painful to lose, and it's a very difficult process to go through, especially at a place like UCLA where the standards are very high.

Things got so bad that when I went shopping for a house, some people would refuse to open the door if they saw it was me standing there. And drunks would always want to challenge me.

But I can also write in crappy motel rooms, while standing in line, or sitting in the dentist's chair.

When you get older, unless you're a huge star, the parts become less and the competition becomes greater. Because the guys left standing are the best.

With China and North Korea, you never know who you'll fight. The faces are always changing, and suddenly young opponents come up. It's all about winning at the Olympics, not about winning pretty. I'll just keep trying to improve, add more muscle power, and make sure I'm the last one standing.

I was fortunate enough to have a situation in my life where everything did shake out and hit rock bottom, and I did see who was standing there and really saw who had my back for real.

Injuries aren't anything foreign to me. I am used to overcoming illness and injury; you can't complain about it. When you're standing up there on the blocks, it doesn't really matter: it's all about the next minute.