Quotes About Adversity

of Light Under German Occupation, 1940–1944

Was she the bird trying to batter its way free, or was she the care?

Às vezes, quando você acha que tudo está perdido, encontra uma saída. (...) É como um incêndio florestal. (...) Parece o fim do mundo. A terra fica toda queimada e preta, e todo o verde some. Mas, depois de queimar, o solo fica mais rico e coisas novas podem crescer ali. (...) As pessoas também são assim, sabe? Elas recomeçam. Dão um jeito.

if the world was on fire, you might as well burn bright.

Sometimes, just when you think everything's gone, you find a way.

We can't understand the world, nothing prepares you for life

Love isn't relevant once things are really bad. They say love makes the world go round-but it doesn't, you know. Love is a luxury, and you indulge in it when things are OK. As soon as they are bad-really bad-there just isn't a place for it anymore-no place where there could be room for it

We are, like our beloved garden greens, sturdy, strong, and best when tested by the elements and fully seasoned.

Bak Tolgonay, sen ve ben kim idik? Halk?m?z sayesinde büyüyüp adam olmad?k m?? Öyleyse iyi ve kara günlerde beraber olaca??z, mutlulu?u da felaketi de payla?mas?n? bilece?iz.

The woman who is resolved to be respected can make herself be so even amidst an army of soldiers.

Literature is a defense against the attacks of life. It says to life: You can't deceive me. I know your habits, foresee and enjoy watching all your reactions, and steal your secret by involving you in cunning obstructions that halt your normal flow.

La letteratura è una difesa contro le offese della vita.

Misfortunes cannot suffice to make a fool into an intelligent man

War makes men barbarous because, to take part in it, one must harden oneself against all regret, all appreciation of delicacy and sensitive values. One must live as if those values did not exist , and when the war is over one has lost the resilience to return to those values.

Quando tutto è perduto si ritrova noi stessi.

Vivere è come fare una lunga addizione, in cui basta aver sbagliato il totale dei primi due addendi per non uscirne più.

Litterature is a defense against the attacks of life. It says to life: 'You can't deceive me. I know your habits, foresee and enjoy watching your reactions, and steal your secrets by involving you in cunning obstructions that halt your normal flow.' ...

Non bastano le disgrazie a fare di un fesso una persona intelligente.

Katkada žena prona?e olupinu i odlu?i od nje napraviti zdrava ?ovjeka. To joj ponekad uspije. Katkada žena susretne zdrava ?ovjeka i odlu?i od njega napraviti olupinu. To joj uvijek uspije.

The situations of fear that exist in our lives provide us with stepping stones to step over our fear. On the other side of cowardice is bravery. If we step over properly, we can cross the boundary from being cowardly to being brave.

Then you have to apply a technique or antidote to overcome it.

Dating is the gym class of life, not the advanced calculus class.

La vie, ce n'est pas une bite, elle est toujours dure.

No one knows he is fortunate until he becomes unfortunate, that's the way the world is.