Quotes About Adversity

between the raindrops - a Hebrew expression for evading repeated disaster.

What a day! She had gotten fired, sat in God-knows-what, got rained on, got caught in a traffic jam, been rejected three times, and, as if that weren't enough sponged on by a mooch of an alien knight who claimed he was protecting her from household appliances. Knight of a Trillion stars

Nothing bonds people more than going through sh_t together, right?

We're all pretty much able to deal even with the worst that life can fire at us, if we simply admit that it is very difficult. I think that's the whole of the answer. We make our way, and effort and time give us cushion and dignity. And as we age, we're riding higher in the saddle, seeing more terrain. So it's an epiphany after all. You have it in your hand the whole time.

I would encourage people to see through rather than look at their circumstances. If you see through your circumstances to the person you want to be, then your life and it's tragedies will have purpose. If you look at your circumstances, then you will despair and give up.

Destiny's what you make of it. You have to face whatever life throws at you.

I'm starting to understand that fear is like cancer - you can beat it back, but if it returns, it can be worse than ever.

Kebanyakan orang merasa takut suatu waktu dalam hidupnya. Itu tidak berarti mereka pengecut. Pengecut adalah mereka yang tidak melakukan apapun ketika rasa takut mengancam menghancurkan mereka.

Because we live in a world under siege," I say. "Life sucks for mages and magicians- you taught me that. Bad things happen to those of us who get involved, but if we didn't fight, we'd be in an even worse state. None of it it's your fault, any more than it's the fault of the moon or the stars." Dervish nods slowly, then arches an eyebrow " The moon or the stars? " "I always get poetic when I'm dealing with self-pitying simpletons.

Find the heroism within yourself to play out the hand you've been dealt. The universe never sets a challenge that can't be met.

Do not be such a baby, he jeered, tugging my hands free. It hurts! I howled. Of course it does. He laughed. It hurt me too. Did you think becoming a vampire was easy? Get used to the pain. Much of it lies ahead.

People need devils and dark gods, if only to give them a foe to rally against, an obstacle to overcome. Your people understood that there can be no light without darkness, no good without evil, no triumph without setbacks. You can't kill me because I'm part of all that you are, all you've done and plan to do. You don't have to like me. You can even loathe me. But you must accept me.

Life is a challenge," he once told me, "and only those who rise to the challenge truly know what it means to live.

Failure is always a bitter pill to swallow, Mr. Crepsley said.

You don't recognise the good times in life until it all goes bad and you look back and see how lucky you were, how easy you had things.

We all have to do things we don't like in life.

Like worms, we've grabbed on to the talons of eagles and learned some small truths and means of flight.

The world might be going up in flames, but we have to carry on as normal

I don't like you, Debbie snarled. You're cocky and arrogant. You don't have to like me, Steve retorted. This isn't a popularity contest. It's a matter of life and death.

But in life we don't usually get to choose the time of our defining moments. We just have to stand and face them when they come, no matter what sort of a state we're in.

But in life we don't usually get to choose the time of our defining moments. We just have to stand and face them when they come, no matter when they come, no matter what sort of state we're in.

People have an amazing ability to cope with the madness of life. It's called denial. It'll take you a good mile, but only if life's horrors stay on the page of the newspaper where they belong.

I don't mind a reasonable amount of trouble.

And when you're slapped you'll take it and like it.