Quotes About Adversity

You can't let every bad thing that happens to you in your life overtake you.

I go into every fight with a bad back and overweight and a damn-near diabetic.

I've got a bad leg; I'm a little overweight, so I can't run fast, but I will fight.

One must not let oneself be overwhelmed by sadness.

You can almost get overwhelmed if you start focusing on Serena being on the other side of the court.

What defines someone as a 'man' should not be the clothes they wear or how deep their voice is. It should be the content of his character, his strength in the face of overwhelming adversity, and his ability to still love and help others when the world has turned its back on him.

I know of no higher fortitude than stubborness in the face of overwhelming odds.

You see another side of Draco when he's with his dad. When Draco is with his dad, he doesn't say anything. He keeps his mouth shut. He's sort of bullied by his dad, so he acts very different.

they say bad things come in threes, so we got our quota for a while ain't we.

Back water done rose at Sumner," sings Patton, "drove poor Charlie down, down the line.

When the Levee Breaks," by Memphis Minnie. Memphis Minnie wrote this with her husband, Kansas Joe McCoy; it was later covered by Led Zepplin.

he loved about people—trouble brought out their grit, their creativity.

Some of the best advice I ever received was "Man, that was terrible".

You never know what's around the corner. It could be everything. Or it could be nothing. You keep putting one foot in front of the other, and then one day you look back and you've climbed a mountain.

Haters never win. I just think that's true about life, because negative energy always costs in the end.

In spite of really intense competition for the job, I'm still my own worst enemy.

a problem's nothing but an opportunity wearing a funny hat, and inside every disaster there's a triumph struggling to get out.

My films seem to be about men's struggle with failure.

However, never daunted, I will cope with adversity in my traditional manner ... sulking and nausea.

I've learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.

It takes a lot of wind to sail a leaky boat.

The odds are always against you no matter what your previous history is. You have to overcome the tendency to relax.

These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their county; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny like hell is not easily conquered yet we have this consolation with us, the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value.

The thought of losing rekindles the joy of having.