Quotes About Adversity

There is stuff going on inside me. But I have always been told to go out there and pitch like you can't tell if you just struck somebody out or just gave up a home run. If something bad happens, I don't dwell on it. Just give me the ball and let me pitch.

My dad said, 'Cam, you can make this situation a dream or you can make this situation a nightmare.' That struck a fire under me. That was my drive.

In 2008, when the global financial crisis struck, it was a bad year for a lot of developing countries, and it manifested itself in consumer confidence.

I started writing 'The Lord of Opium' in 2008 and produced about 80 pages before disaster struck. Three eye operations nearly put an end to my career.

When I was 8 years old, I was struck by a car and broke a few ribs.

If the screen does not make room for me in the structure of their screenplay, I'll step out. I'll step back. I'd step back. I couldn't do it. I just couldn't do it.

My life is a struggle.

In the struggle between yourself and the world second the world.

The best wisdom comes from the hardest struggle.

Anywhere the struggle is great, the level of ingenuity and inventiveness is high.

Some struggle is healthy. If you can embrace it rather than be angry, you can use it as your pilot light.

I faced quite a few challenging times, and in front of those, I was more positive than some people not facing those conditions. I'm actually of the belief now that it is that struggle that offers you that open-hearted hope.

When we struggle, as so many do, in grinding poverty, or when our enemies prevail against us, or when sickness is not healed, the enemy of our souls can send his evil message that there is no God or that if He exists He does not care about us.

I try to find hope in struggle and resistance in small places as much as I can.

The struggle I went through has value.

I look for struggle in the roles I choose - struggle and perseverance.

I had no work after 'Gangster' for two years, and my sister Rangoli met with an accident that destroyed her looks. My struggle with my parents combined with the industry not accepting me made me feel alienated.

We all struggle. Life is not fun. A lot of times, it's really painful and hard. Sometimes it's really funny. 'Foxcatcher' is kind of like a metaphor for that.

I didn't have life that good coming up. I wasn't born with a lot of money. We weren't dirt poor, but we weren't rich. All I knew was struggle.

Everything's been a struggle for me.

I'm drawn to roles where someone has to struggle or fight.

If you look at anyone's career, there are times when you have hard times. Even the best players have to struggle through things.

I think there's only one interesting story... and that's struggle.

I was ashamed for people to see me struggle.