Quotes About Adversity

He recalled what Lyndon Johnson had said when Kennedy was assassinated and Johnson suddenly found himself president. Words to the effect that he would do the best he could do, because that was all he could do.

Men are interesting specimens," Althea said. "They never cease to come up with ways to screw things up.

It is time to face real world, even if it is harder and painful. I'd rather fly and crash, than just snuggle and sleep.

Crap happens in life. It could happen tonight.

When you lose something, don't think of it as a loss. Accept it as a gift that gets you on the path you were meant to travel on"

There you go. I've told you the four thunderstorms—disappointment, frustration, unfairness and isolation. You cannot avoid them, as like the monsoon, they will come into your life at regular intervals. You just need to keep the raincoat handy to not let the spark die. I

Life is tough when you are always talking to people smarter than you.

I can't let someone I just met get the better of me, I thought, shaking my head. I switched off the lights and lay down. I had to catch an early-morning flight to Mumbai the next day and had a four-hour window of sleep. I couldn't wait to reach home. However

Al final de tantos sinsabores, creo que hasta me he vuelto más guapo, como sucede a quien sufre un proceso sin saber por qué.

A firm tree does not fear the storm.

Failure is not frailty. Success never guarantees.

A true warrior, like tea, shows his strength in hot water.

...certain it is that minds, like bodies, will often fall into a pimpled ill-conditioned state from mere excess of comfort, and like them, are often successfully cured by remedies in themselves very nauseous and unpalatable.

...there does a sable cloud Turn forth her silver lining on the night...

If the skies fall, one may hope to catch larks.

Every cloud has a silver lining and every plate of vegetable soup is filled with vegetables.

It used to take me all vacation to grow a new hide in place of the one they flogged off me during the school term.

Being without food, fearful for one's life, the bombings — all made me so appreciative of safety, of liberty.

Crabgrass can grow on bowling balls in airless rooms, and there is no known way to kill it that does not involve nuclear weapons. Oh, I know you've seen advertisements for lawn products that are supposed to kill crabgrass, but don't believe them. Crabgrass thrives on these products.

A good garden may have some weeds.

Fire tests metal, wine tests men.

Winter bites with its teeth or lashes with its tail.

Troubles are a lot like people — they grow bigger if you nurse them.

That the birds of worry and care fly over you head, this you cannot change, but that they build nests in your hair, this you can prevent.