Quotes About Adversity

I became the unnatural son of a few score of beaten men.

It is unnatural to deny effort, adversity, and pain.

Fitting in is unnecessary. Embrace who you are. You will go through rough times in high school, but always stay strong, and never deny yourself!

When Phil and I started out, everyone hated rock n' roll. The record companies didn't like it at all - felt it was an unnecessary evil. And the press: interviewers were always older than us, and they let you know they didn't like your music, they were just doing the interview because it was their job.

Renowned people from all fields receive unnecessary flak so often. Anonymity is misused, and it is a terrible thing to want to break somebody's spirit.

It is a common thing for supporters of President Trump, even as early as when he was a candidate, to say, 'He fights.' And yes, he does fight. He fights everyone. He gets into all kinds of scraps that are pointless and unnecessary. He insults when he doesn't need to.

Great heroes need great sorrows and burdens, or half their greatness goes unnoticed.

I tried not to let all the criticism affect me, but it obviously does not go unnoticed.

Even the most seemingly unpleasant situations - if you become aligned with it, something good will emerge from that.

There were different challenges along the way. Certainly the food shortage was unpleasant.

Having been unpopular in high school is not just cause for book publications.

Winston Churchill was one of the most unpopular politicians in the late '30s and by the mid-'40s he was considered one the greatest statesmen, possibly of all time. I'm not comparing myself. I'm just saying that controversies come and go, but the important thing is sticking to your principles and persevering through those controversies.

I have a little experience in doing things that are unpopular.

Threats I have faced are unprecedented.

There is a goodness about Yao that is unique, that never left him through all the pain and injuries and disappointments that accompanied his unprecedented accomplishments and successes.

Research is so unpredictable. There are periods when nothing works and all your experiments are a disaster and all your hypotheses are wrong.

I hate ladders. I don't mind heights, but I hate getting hit with ladders and falling into ladders. Anything where there are ladders involved or inanimate, unpredictable objects or multiple people gets dangerous.

I don't think about a legacy; I think about my life, because I've had quite an unpredictable life.

This sport is a crazy thing, and what happens, it's unpredictable.

Living on the farm taught me that life is unpredictable and you need to put money away for a rainy day.

My first two years, with Metro, were quite unproductive. Then I had a year at Columbia that was a complete disaster.

No good deed goes unpunished. I missed the moon landing by being nice to a stranger.

I believe anything has to be possible. You have to be able to face any problem that comes along and unravel it into a solution.

I played college soccer before I was hurt, and just to be able to jump back into something that you could be so competitive at or you can achieve, to get to the Paralympics, that's the first really big achievement that you can have. It's the second biggest sporting event in the world. To be a part of it and to get a medal for that, it's unreal.