Quotes About Adversity

The way out is through the door. Why is it that no one will use this method?

Courage cannot be left like bones in a bag. It must be brought out and shown the light again and again, growing stronger each time. If you think it will keep for the times you need it, you are wrong. It is like any other part of your strength. If you ignore it, the bag will be empty when you need it most.

There was no justice in the world, but he had known that ever since the death of his father. The spirits took no part in the lives of men once they had been born. A man either endured what the world sent his way, or was crushed.

You can't just wound the bear and run. He'll come after you.

Why do you have sons, if not to grow up and test their boldness? Boldness cannot be laid like bones in the sack. It must be driven and again shown on the light, each time stronger than the last. You're mistaken if you think you can keep it, until you need it. It's like everything else, that gives you strength. If you neglect it, your sack will be empty, when you need it the most.

Every man can break, after certain time period. It's only necessary to find the levers that move his soul

through their

killing if they were to survive. All the things that gentled a man had been left behind. Humour, decency, a sense of fairness – all those made him weak when another tried to cut his head from his shoulders. Xanthippus

A man could waste his life worrying, that was all too clear. Sometimes you simply had to choose and shrug, however it came out, knowing that you could not have done more with the bones you were given.

What good is in dexterity of playing with logic when your weak soul retreats from difficulties?

The cold was an enemy, yet it kept the tribes strong. The old did not suffer for long in such bitter winters. The weakling children perished quickly. His son would not be one of those.

I will need good friends around me if I am to survive my first year of politics. My father described it as walking barefoot in a nest of vipers.

An earlier start can break their spirit; go later and their spirit has already gotten hardened in the wrong place

The words of his own teachers spiraled in his mind then as he collapsed in the snow. They had told him that holding on to anger was like grasping a hot coal. Only he would be burned by it. Yet as the men scattered and he felt strong arms lift him up, Yao Shu held the hot coal closely and felt only warmth.

Fight for every breath and every step.

Some days you're the cockroach, some days you're the boot heel.

La mala hierba no muere tan fácilmente. Del odio al amor

La mala hierba no muere tan fácilmente.

Las pequeñas batallas son solo un preludio para guerras amyores

That ain't right," Addy said. "It ain't, but it's the way things is," Sarah said.

No matter what happens in life, just keep walking. You never know what's around the corner.

Life consists of achieving good not apart from evil but in spite of it.

Success in never final; failure is never fatal

Facing it, always facing it, that's the way to get through. Face it.