Quotes About Adversity

I'm looking for the thing that is different from the antagonist in 'Stranger Things,' different from the protagonist in 'Power Rangers,' and something that will really continue these two amazing opportunities I've been given.

I don't have a problem with conflict. I'm not a stranger to high-pressure situations. I've been there, believe me.

Throughout my political life, I've not been a stranger to controversy.

The first band I was in, I think was called The Strangers. I got the sack because I was too small!

Having strangers bash you is something you never get used to.

I worked for this company that repossessed cars. Sure enough, the day after I quit, they repossessed my car, but that would probably be my strangest job to date. You have to work your way up to become a hardcore repo man.

Every one of Dad's colleagues would eventually commit suicide, most by gunshot to the head, and every woman in their circle except for my mother would become a dysfunctional alcoholic. But in the fifties, they were all riding high.

Pain is inevitable, but misery is optional. We cannot avoid pain, but we can avoid joy.

And then there are the haters. The net has always been filled with them, but

Life is a challenge, and facing that challenge is what makes the good great.

Beyond the picket fences and the oil wells, the happy endings, and the fairy tales, is the reality of shattered lives and broken dreams. We carry on.

I survived, but it's not a happy ending.

When despair brings home the bacon and self-esteem with it, it's hard to let it go. 'When you are suffering enough,' I suggested, 'I mean so much that it's simply impossible to go on, then something will give and the stories will change, like it or not.

the phase of daring escapades, of raids and rallies, gave way to the inevitable grimmer phase when the implications of the war began to strike home to everybody.

The seas and the weathers are what is; your vessels adapt to them or sink.

And, most importantly: Thank you, Satan! I couldn't have done it without you.

Get comfortable being uncomfortable, or find another place to fail.

When all hell breaks loose on the outside, you barely notice; you're calm on the inside because you're ready, prepared, and the best at what you do. You don't tell anyone how you're going to handle the situation, you just handle it. Everyone else is panicking and choking, and you say, 'No problem.' You step on the other guy's throat, and you finish the fight.

When you've been knocked down, confidence gives you the patience to stay down for a minute, until you know how to get up better than you were before. Most people jump right back up because they don't want to look weak and damaged, and then immediately get knocked down again. When you're confident in your ability to recover, you know you'll never be weak or damaged again.

We never saw obstacles or problems, we only saw situations in need of solutions.

You don't let your enemies take your balls, you don't let them set up shop in your head.

Uncertainty is a spiritual enemy that will siphon out your rocket fuel. It turns go-getters into giver-uppers.

like a squirrel hoarding chestnuts, we should store up our moments of happiness and triumph so that in a crisis we can draw upon these memories for help and inspiration.

You tell 'em, love. That's what we do to the boys who kick us outta the nest.