Quotes About Adversity

There's been a lot of things said about me Since that awful day I'm not the person that I used to be And that I'll never be the same That's true - no doubt But I know more now what life is about I laugh louder Cry harder Take less time to make up my mind and I Think smarter Go slower I know what I want And what I don't I'll be better than I've ever been

It's like my grandma used to say: Just when you think life's got you in a gutter, a tornado will come along and destroy your house. And then you rebuild? I ask. Well, she never mentioned that part, but I suppose it could happen.

You're still a pinless grenade over the world not being perfect. no, I am a pinless grenade over the world being cruel but every time I'm proven wrong, that pin goes in a little more.

it's all about falling/you land and get up so you can fall again/it's all about falling/i won't be afraid to hit that wall again

If there's no feeling of fear then there's no need for courage.

This is not good," I told the trees. Don't fight it. Acknowledge it. Talk to yourself. "Already covered," I said. "Unless you have something to add?" "No," I replied. "Do go on.

There are all these moments you don't think you will survive. And then you survive.

But this is what losing most of your friends does: It makes you unafraid.

There was nothing very cheerful about the cold, and yet there was an air of cheerfulness that the cleverest summer air and brightest summer sun couldn't have compared with. Everyone was in this together.

Nothing ever happens on this globe for good without some people having their fill of laughter at first.

Não tenho muito a perder. Mas, sem dúvida, vai parecer que perdi tudo.

Not getting what you want can make you curel.

We have the defied the day as it was set out for us

Even if I didn't believe I was the kind of person who could stand up to the people who hated me, I wanted to be the kind of person who would.

They beat the shit out of me," he told people, soon after. "But you know what? I didn't need that shit inside of me. I'm glad it's gone.

I just mean that if we go through this thing and it changes us so much, you have to hope that it changes us for the better, right? If goodness can't come from bad things, it makes bad things unbearable.

These are all the moments you don't think you will survive. And then you survive.

This adaptive logic suggests that the greater risk taking—and hence greater death rate—should occur among men who are at the bottom of the mating pool and who therefore risk getting shut out entirely. Men who are unemployed, unmarried, and young are greatly overrepresented in risky activities, ranging from gambling to lethal fights.

David Morrell

A cool head. That's the secret to getting along in life, gentlemen. You

JFK had a way of grabbing grandeur from mishap.

We stumble down dark byways into cul-de-sacs and blind alleys; we get exploited and taken, disillusioned, fed up, and we keep on trying.

I had a tumor. But it was great.

But to die to escape from poverty or love or anything painful is not the mark of a brave man, but rather of a coward; for it is softness to fly from what is troublesome