Quotes About Adversity

Assume in adversity a countenance of prosperity, and in prosperity moderate thy temper.

Hard times are purposeful, meant to refine and redirect us. They're not arbitrary or random, and they're definitely not cruel.

Wise is the woman who rises above her circumstances.

If you are going through hell, keep going. WINSTON CHURCHILL

The bravest are those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding, go out to meet it." Thucydides again.

You okay?" Sam asks. "Gonna be," I say.

It's not the end of the world, but you can definitely see it from there.

When adversity strikes, that's when you have to be the most calm. Take a step back, stay strong, stay grounded and press on.

Life's a forge! Yes, and hammer and anvil, too! You'll be roasted, smelted, and pounded, and you'll scarce know what's happening to you. But stand boldly to it! Metal's worthless till it's shaped and tempered! More labor than luck. Face the pounding, don't fear the proving; and you'll stand well against any hammer and anvil.

A crown is more discomfort than adornment. If you have learned that, you have already learned much.

We have all lost our possessions and many of us our homes," he said. "But these losses, severe though they may seem, remind us of what no person can take, and that is our minds and our imaginations.

There are few sorrows in which a good income is of no avail.

There are few sorrows, however poignant, in which a good income is of no avail.

Just when you think you have life by the tail, it's likely to whip around and take a hunk outta your balls.

The theory of relativity doesn't amount to a hill of beans when there's a bonfire in your shorts.

Fair play is all well and good. But knowing how to kick 'em in the balls can get you out of a jam 9 times out of 10.

All's well so long-as you don't get shot in the hind end with a twenty gauge.

There are lots of fish in the sea. Some are sharks, some are angels, and some are bottom feeders.

Life is what you make it. Unless some guy finds you with his girl. Then the ball's pretty much in his court.

Excrement happens.

Life's funny. Sometimes it's your oyster, and sometimes you're it's bitch-slapped man-whore.

Take pride in your pain; you are stronger than those who have none

It just happens to be very important to me to win with the hand I was dealt.

Exile, for no other motive than ease, would be the last defeat, with no seed of future victory in it.