Quotes About Adversity

Success is survival.

I sailed like a swan I sank like a rock But time is long gone Past my laughing stock

When you've fallen on the highway And you're lying in the rain, And they ask you how you're doing Of course you'll say you can't complain If you're squeezed for information, That's when you've got to play it dumb You just say you're out there waiting For the miracle, for the miracle to come

Now all notions of the good life were compressed into a single word: survival.

To St. Paul, stripes, stones, shipwrecks, and thorns in the flesh were religious experiences to Judas Iscariot, the daily companionship of Jesus of Nazareth was not.

Not a problem kid or anything like that so when you're in the legal system like that, it's always hard on a person for the first time to go through some things like that.

The worse the coming future, the more it should motivate its opponents.

I've been working for other people my whole life, and all they do is ignore my ideas. That's if I'm lucky. If I'm not lucky, they ruin my ideas and then make me

Survival breeds its own brand of morality," Silvio said.

Patience serves as a protection against wrongs as clothes do against cold. For if you put on more clothes as the cold increases, it will have no power to hurt you. So in like manner you must grow in patience when you meet with great wrongs

I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death.

I love those who can smile in trouble...

I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death

Do not fear those who bear you ill will, they soon shall fall in shame," read Georgina, cackling with mirth.

Do not fear those who bear you ill will, they soon shall fall in shame.

When life knocks you down, try to land on your back. Because if you can look up, you can get up. Let your reason get you back up.

Just because Fate doesn?t deal you the right cards, it doesn?t mean you should give up. It just means you have to play the cards you get to their maximum potential.

When life knocks you down, try to land on your back. Because if you can look up, you can get up.

Never say you're having a bad day...say you're having a character building day

Our ability to handle life's challenges is a measure of our strength of character.

I have the power to handle whatever comes up.

I believe that life is a journey, often difficult and sometimes incredibly cruel, but we are well equipped for it only we tap into our talents and gifts and allow them to blossom.

People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, they can't find them, MAKE THEM.   —George Bernard Shaw

Tough times don't last, tough people do."     Motivational