Quotes About Adversity

all of them, no matter how many times they won, carried around one commandment: 'I am in a huge club even in the hard times. I try not to betray the club's principles nor the idea of team play nor the legacy of my predecessors.

It is important in football, as in any walk of life, to appear calm in times of crisis. To hide weaknesses. Pep told them with conviction that they were on the right path.

What makes you grow is defeat, making mistakes. It is what keeps you alert. When you win you think: "Great, we've won.

Si alguna vez te persiguen, hazte monte», le sugirió el Máquinas. «Hacerse monte»: meterse entre las ramas y quedarse inmóvil.

Alberto intentó consolarme con el sabido refrán de los derrotados: «Por algo pasan las cosas» (o como diría mi abuela: «Estaba de Dios que no sucediera»). Sí, de los derrotados, porque los que no se dan por vencidos jamás aceptan el veredicto de las circunstancias.

Hemingway escribió: «El mundo nos rompe a todos, pero luego algunos se vuelven más fuertes en las partes rotas».

Águilas picotean los ojos de los ciegos hasta obligarlos a ver.»

El enemigo más difícil de vencer es aquel que miras todos los días frente al espejo." "La venganza es un acto de precisión." "No permitas que la emoción alimente tu venganza. Aguarda, el momento correcto para ejecutarla llegará." "Si tu enemigo es belicoso, pronto topará con el adversario que le dé muerte. Puedes ser tú, puede ser otro.

It's important for little girls to know not every story has to be a love story and for boys to know that soldiers aren't the only ones to triumph in war.

In the face of such terror and dehumanization, human passion itself was an act of defiance.

Miriam Sacher had survived polio as a child. To Abraham, she was simply the most exquisite little bird who could not fly.

It's a terrible thing, isn't it? To be dragged under?

Hidden in every limitation lies an opportunity. And for every obstacle you face, there is a simple and perfect solution, creatively. And your work is to find it. Where it gets tough is you need to fucking find it in five minutes.

This world is a motherfucker, isn't it?" Angel nodded and said, "But it's the only one we have." Gus

Problems are opportunities.

The dead only know one thing. It is better to be alive.... I'm so happy that I am alive, in one piece and short. I'm in a world of shit...yes. But I am alive. And I am not afraid

Mi vida es un erial, flor que toco se deshoja; que en mi camino fatal alguien va sembrando el mal para que yo lo recoja.

We rise, we fall. We may rise by falling. Defeat shapes us. Our only wisdom is tragic, known to late, and only to the lost.

You've never lived until you've almost died. For those who have fought for it, life has a flavor the protected shall never know.

In Bangladesh, there's a saying that if you get killed by a snake, its destiny... But if you get killed by a tiger, its just bad luck.

When one hears about acts of extraordinary bravery in combat, it is usually a sign that the battle has not been going terribly well. For when wars unfold according to plan and one's own side is winning, acts of exceptional individual heroism are rarely called for. Bravery is required mostly by the desperate side.

When you fall, you must remember to let go of the rope!" They both laughed out loud at this lighthearted lesson because the need to let go was so obvious. I remember this incident well because of the long-lasting impression it formed in me.

She had come to accept, deeply, and with certitude, that she had been born into a world, a life, that would not let her be whole.

The soul must bend to endure.