Quotes About Adversity

But now, severed from the companion of my infancy, the partaker of all my thoughts, my cares, and my wishes, I was like one set afloat upon a stormy sea, hanging his safety upon a plank; night was closing upon him, and an unexpected surge had torn him from his hold and overwhelmed him forever.

All unaware, and in a manner which I had no power to explain, I was pushed from my immoveable and lofty station, and cast upon a sea of troubles.

They refuse to credit my tale; they impute my act to the influence of daemons; they account me an example of the doom me to death and infamy. Have I power to escape this evil? If I have, be sure I will exert it. I will not accept evil at their hand, when I am entitled to good; I will suffer only when I cannot elude suffering.

Prison and the asylums had made me worse, not better. I had truly become a hostage of my past, condemned by my reputation and my fucked-up mind.

Rare is the human spirit that remains buoyant in a holocaust.

It is better to meet danger than to wait for it. He that is on a lee shore, and foresees a hurricane, stands out to sea and encounters a storm to avoid a shipwreck.

It is always safe to learn, even from our enemies, seldom safe to venture to instruct, even our friends.

Constant success shows us but one side of the world adversity brings out the reverse of the picture.

The smiling daughter of the storm.

Friendship, of itself a holy tie, is made more sacred by adversity.

Times of general calamity and confusion create great minds. The purest ore is produced from the hottest furnace, and the brightest thunderbolt is elicited from the darkest storms.

My only enemy is time.

et puis on recommence encore le lendemain avec seulement la même règle que la veille et qui est d'éviter les grandes joies barbares de même que les gr-andes douleurs comme un crapaud contourne une pierre sur son chemin…

Charles D. Ellis

Intelligence is based on how efficient a species became at doing the things they need to survive.

France has lost a battle. But France has not lost the war.

I respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them.

Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains they drown in every drop.

May my enemies tremble if they still have time! (Que mes ennemis soient tremblants - S'ils en ont encore le temps!)

Minds, like bodies, will often fall into a pimpled, ill-conditioned state from mere excess of comfort.

"In case anything turned up," which was his [Mr. Micawber's] favorite expression.

I am a lone lorn creetur… and everythink goes contrairy with me.

"Hard," replied the Dodger. "As nails," added Charley Bates.

Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching, and has taught me to understand what your heart used to be. I have been bent and broken, but - I hope - into a better shape.