Quotes About Adversity

la vida no es un día en la playa. Le van a mentir, hacer trampa, lo van a culpar, le darán puñaladas por la espalda, se verá desilusionado

Quando lhe perguntei por que fez isso, ela respondeu: "Assim eu não teria tempo para a tristeza e a preocupação.

Firing employees is not much fun. Getting fired is even less fun.

Even if we can't love our enemies, let's at least love ourselves. Let's love ourselves so much that we won't permit our enemies to control our happiness, our health and our looks. As Shakespeare put it: Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot That it do singe yourself.

Yes, everyone faces challenges in their lives, and people commonly say it doesn't matter what the challenge is; what matters is how one responds to it.

Rule 2 is: If you have a worry problem, apply the magic formula of Willis H. Carrier by doing these three things: Ask yourself, "What is the worst that can possibly happen?" Prepare to accept it if you have to. Then calmly proceed to improve on the worst.

Todos los hombres tienen temores, pero los valientes los olvidan y van adelante, a veces hasta la muerte, pero siempre hasta la victoria." Ése era el lema de la Guardia Real en la antigua Grecia.

But that's not where the story ends.

Never take counsel of your fears."—Motto of Stonewall Jackson

If I were to try to read, much less to answer, all the attacks made on me, this shop might as well be closed for any other business. I do the very best I know how—the very best I can; and I mean to keep on doing so until the end. If the end brings me out all right, then what is said against me won't matter. If the end brings me out wrong, then ten angels swearing I was right would make no difference.

had the blues because I had no shoes, Until upon the street, I met a man who had no feet.

I discovered years ago that although I couldn't keep people from criticizing me unjustly, I could do something infinitely more important: I could determine whether I would let the unjust condemnation disturb me.

disease, scarcity, and weather-related disasters.

you can be assured that the inciting events call for you to sacrifice your comfort and ease in order for your story to move forward. It's easy to ignore such inciting events...It's easy to flee your story.

Nietzsche: "Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster.

In my mind, the men and women of NASA are history's modern pioneers. They attempt the impossible, accept failure, and then back to the drawing board while the rest of us stand back and criticize.

Pain is a part of growing-up. It is how we learn

Pain is part of growing up.It's how we learn.

it was about the power of the human spirit to endure any challenge, no matter how daunting.

As you may know, when someone endures a horrific event like a car accident or a sexual assault, the long-term memories can be permanently debilitating.

No good deed goes unpunished.' Langdon

Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. – Friedrich Nietzsche

Když bude život zlý, nech své srdce, aÃ…Â¥ ti ukáže cestu.

Churchill. Langdon needed a moment to realize she was referring to none other than Winston Churchill himself, the celebrated British statesman who, in addition to being a military hero, historian, orator, and Nobel Prize–winning author, was an artist of remarkable talent. Langdon now recalled Edmond quoting the British prime minister once in response to a comment someone made about religious people hating him: You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something!