Quotes About Adversity

When he is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something; ... he learns his ignorance, is cured of the insanity of conceit; has got moderation and real skill.

what we habitually regard as obstacles are not really our enemies, but rather our friends. What we call obstacles are really the way the world and our entire experience teach us where we're stuck.

lo que quiere decir es que lo que normalmente consideramos obstáculos no son verdaderamente nuestros enemigos, sino nuestros amigos.

When the world is filled with evil, transform all mishaps into the path of enlightenment.

But there is that feeling. And there's always another challenge, and that keeps us humble. Life knocks you off your pedestal.

When the world is filled with evil, all mishaps, all difficulties, should be transformed into the path of enlightenment.

They were tested and failed and still kept exploring how to just stay there, not seeking solid ground.

AS A SPECIES, we should never underestimate our low tolerance for discomfort.

Our attitude can be that we keep getting another chance, rather than that we're just getting another bad deal.

Each day, we're given many opportunities to open up or shut down. The most precious opportunity presents itself when we come to the place where we think we can't handle whatever is happening.

When the world is filled with evil, Transform all mishaps into the path of bodhi.

Sticking with uncertainty is how we learn to relax in the midst of chaos, how we learn to be cool when the ground beneath us suddenly disappears.

Let the hard things in life break you. Let them effect you. Let them change you. Let these hard moments inform you. Let this pain be your teacher. The experiences of your life are trying to tell you something about yourself. Don't cop out on that. Don't run away and hide under your covers. Lean into it.

Her view of the world was that it divided into 'exterminators' and 'exterminatees'. She would say: 'I am drawn to people who seem to have been born defeated or even profoundly lost.' She was a humorous writer with a tragic sense of life.

Florence tenía buen corazón, aunque eso sirve de bien poco cuando de lo que se trata es de sobrevivir.

Open the doors, the Russians say, here comes trouble. On

Above all, though, we don't want a weakly habit of constant complaint. As a rough guide, remember that while the average man is ill for four days a year, a grown woman must expect to spend one fourth of her life in actual pain. Daisy felt a rush of admiration. So far she herself had done nothing like her fair share.

Courage and endurance are useless if they are never tested

When a thing's happened to you it's no good shoving it away and pretending it hasn't. You can go off your head that way.' 'Battles?' 'Not just battles,' said Bill with a snort. 'Most of us don't get mixed up with battles, do we? Anything. Everything.' Everything? 'It's what you do about things that makes you the kind of bloke you are,' said Bill.

Life must go on, no matter how large your problems may be.

Son, as long as you live, Satan will use what you see and what you hear against you.

There is always a Ziklag battle before a Zion victory.

And many evils and troubles shall befall them, so that they will say in that day, 'Have not these evils come upon us because our God is not among us?' " – DEUTERONOMY 31:17

You throw yourself on the world like turf on a fire.