Quotes About Adversity

I became a victim of mean girls. I became the victim of myself.

More than a victim, I am a survivor of a dehumanization process.

There's nothing worse in life than to sit there and be the victim of a process that's outside your control.

I am not the victim, and I won't be the victim in football or life.

I'm not a victim - I'm a survivor of hunger, of hate, of different injustices that humans are facing today.

It's easy to fall into victim mode and feel like the world is against you. The truth is, people aren't against you: they're just for themselves. The only thing within your control is how you react and respond to the chaotic dance of life.

My natural state is to be happy. I'm naturally buoyant. I wake up feeling, 'What a great morning!' I've had some tragedy in my life, absolutely, but I don't know one human being who hasn't. You either learn from it and become empowered by it, or you become a victim to it. It's life, after all.

I've never seen myself as a victim because of my physicality. If I did play that game, I wouldn't be the comedian that I am.

I am fighting because of my innocence. I am fighting because I am a victim. I am not a doper.

I've been victimized by general filthiness on multiple occasions... I received a nasty staph infection... I was told to wait it out... a few days later I literally thought I was going to die... I ended up being on antibiotics for five weeks and, as a result, I had to back out of the fight against Machida.

Clearly, 9/11 would have to be some of the best work that I've done because I was working without a template, and that was very difficult. Having nearly been victimized by the north tower, it was difficult to remain composed and be informative.

I have a penchant for playing characters that have been victimized repeatedly and still stood their ground and still remained unembittered.

I have been politically victimized.

Trauma creates one of four types of people: victims, rescuers, or perps - and if you're really lucky and really strong and very willing and brave, survivors.

We are really the victims of our own problems.

We're all going to be victims of temptation at several points in our lives.

Victims always feel alone and helpless.

My brother and I moved out to Hollywood initially to be a band, and where we lived, there was crime all over with my brother and I being the victims sometimes.

Many people suffer at the hands of others. The world can be unfair, at times mercilessly so. Millions of people in the world are genuine victims, right now. All of us will be at some point, whether it's for small matters or large, for a long duration or short. But we aren't all victims, not all the time anyway, not for everything.

There are people who are victims in life, and I don't think they should be encouraged.

What I really admire are people like my daughter, Victoria, who don't give up, who have daily medical challenges and medical conditions. They go on with their lives and make the best of it, not giving up even when it's not easy.

Never work against what you are. I never have, and I've never minded being typecast. Some of my agents have been like: try and change, Victoria. Cut your hair off, colour it, have a breast reduction.You have to this and that, to get a serious acting role. But I would rather use what I am to my advantage.

I have not lost an awful lot in my life, but the defeats have taught me more than the victories.

I always feel that there are no final victories and no final defeats. But it's true that America is in a hole right now. There are a lot of dead fish in the water.