Quotes About Adversity

As they say, when a man begins to have bad luck, even clabber can break his head.

There have been other tracks that separated the men from the boys. This is the track that will separate the brave from the weak after the boys are gone.

Every man has his devilish minutes.

Some men are like nails, very easily drawn; others however are more like rivets never drawn at all.

Calamity is man's true touchstone.

Life is short, but it's long enough to ruin any man who wants to be ruined.

There may be troubled waters along the many paths my life shall take, but only I as a man, may keep my vessel afloat, and guide myself straight.

The goal of all inanimate objects is to resist man and ultimately defeat him.

When you suffer an attack of nerves you're being attacked by the nervous system. What chance has a man got against a system?.

When man meets an obstacle he can't destroy, he destroys himself.

For want of self-restraint many men are engaged all their lives in fighting with difficulties of their own making.

Men as well as rivers grow crooked by following the path of least resistance.

A man is the sum of his misfortunes.

The vain man makes a merit of misfortune, and triumphs in his disgrace.

Prison does strange things to men. Although its purpose is to break the free spirit of a man, in many cases it just adds fuel to the fire that has never been and will never be extinguished.

Good fortune then! To make me blest or cursed'st among men.

Misfortunes cannot suffice to make a fool into an intelligent man.

Men of great and shining qualities do not always succeed in life, but the fault lies more often in themselves than in others.

Tis the hard grey weather Breeds hard English men.

Look what I'm dealing with, man, I'm dealing with fools and trolls.

How can a man learn navigation Where there's no rudder?

There is no strong beer, just weak men

Every man is a reformer until reform tramps on his toes.

You know, not to sound corny or nuthin', but I felt like a fighter comin' up, man. I felt like, you know, I'm being attacked for this reason or that reason, and I gotta fight my way through this.