Quotes About Adversity

Anything that works against you can also work for you once you understand the Principle of Reverse.

Very often out of adversity that's when the best work comes.

Hard work and best efforts will not by themselves dig us out of the pit.

And while God had work for Paul, he found him friends both in court and prison. Let persecutors send saints to prison, God can provide a keeper for their turn.

Failure has gone to his head.

They said it couldn't be done, but sometimes it doesn't work out that way.

Wrecks are going to happen in this business, that's just a risk of the sport. If you can't keep from worrying about it, then you're in the wrong line of work.

Awkward, odd, and difficult situations will always present themselves. You just have to stay cool and work through them.

I have always been haunted by the feeling that the painter has much to gain from making use of the forces that tend to work against his action.

In retrospect it always seems to work out that you can look back on something that was a disaster and find some gems in there.

I learned that I have to work hard every day, that I can't get down if I get in a slump.

In no direction that we turn do we find ease or comfort. If we are honest and if we have the will to win we find only danger, hard work and iron resolution.

The things which hurt, instruct.

Problem solving, and I don't mean algebra, seems to be my life's work. Maybe it's everyone's life's work.

I am fine, though it is hard to think of what kind of work to make at this point, other than decorative, escapist or abstract. I suppose I'll explore one or all of these things.

It has been my observation and experience, and that of my family, that nothing human works out well.

Amidst all the clutter, beyond all the obstacles, aside from all the static, are the goals set. Put your head down, do the best job possible, let the flak pass, and work towards those goals.

Yes, I suffer terribly from depression. I have to work at being happy, it's not my natural instinct. My natural instinct is, if something wonderful happens, to throw water in my own face.

What helped me most were my failures and slumps - when I couldn't get work, people weren't interested in me or had written me off.

The factories were heavily bombed, but practically the construction work had been redone very quickly.

pain can work form the outside in.

Every job I've done so far, every character has been completely different, and that's really important to me because I don't want to fall into a stereotypical box. Of course, every actor has their box, and you have to respect and play for it, but I do love challenging myself.

The majority of the roles I've played are women who have been either impoverished or subjugated in some way. So while I've been fortunate enough to have success because these roles exist, they are stereotypical roles.

Out of the ashes of Sara Whitehead rose Melissa Stern. Out of the ashes of Mary Beth Whitehead, there were pieces lost.