Quotes About Adversity

She would do whatever it took in the Lord's or the devil's name to survive now.

The pain, the sense of loss, of fear—it would hit out of nowhere. She'd learned this. She'd also learned to accept it, and to bow under it, give in to it, because the harder she tried to shove it away, the harder it hit next time around, and it would be all the more debilitating

Stella, Nathan, and Steven looked at each other in the beams of their headlamps, which they'd clicked on as the twilight thickened. The wind moved the trees again. Darkness was growing complete. The rain was turning to sleet. Despite the sweat over her body, Stella's hands were numb with cold, and her fingers were growing uncooperative. A recipe for hypothermia.

The past doesn't always have to write the future.

the question is not whether you are in danger, it's whether you choose to worry about it. It's like swimming in the sea where there are sharks. You know they're there, but your choice is whether you allow your fear of them to stop you from ever going in. Sure, you take precautions, and you don't swim when there's a sighting, but you also don't let it stop you from reaching your goal, or the shore on the other side.

Nothing could hold back time or tide, or weather, or what was going to come out of this now . . .

sense that life has dealt Dusty more challenges than most, and that she's found a way to overcome and give back.

I sense that life has dealt Dusty more challenges than most, and that she's found a way to overcome and give back.

Damaged kids were like seeds landed in the wrong ground. Parts of them grew crooked. But they could still grow strong with the right care.

Her goal in life is to help others cope with mental adversity, to show that one does not have to be irreparably destroyed by horrific actions of the past.

Horrible, horrible things can happen to very good people.

Buck up, buttercup, you've come through worse.

Clara will break him to bridle," Longmore said. "And if she can't cure his wild ways, who knows? Maybe he'll ride into a ditch or get run over by a post chaise, and she'll be a young widow. Do try to look on the bright side.

He knew there were no forevers and there was always a way out, yet he lost his way, lost his balance.

I'm in a mood to knock someone down, and you'll do very well." "Don't tell me," Longmore said. "The dressmaker doesn't want you, either. By gad, this isn't your day, is it? Not your week, rather.

Girls who didn't keep their wits about them when gods wandered their way got into trouble. Ask Daphne or Leda or Danaë.

You get used to sadness, growing up in the mountains, I guess.

peace. it does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble, or hard work. it means to be in the midst of those things and still be calm in your heart.

The only way to get to the other side of the tunnel is to go through it, not around it.

And when that happens, the only control you have is how you deal with that stick—your way, not the way others say you should.

There's a difference between pain and suffering,

You take a risk, you fall down, and you get back up and do it all over again.

PEACE. IT DOES NOT MEAN TO BE IN A PLACE WHERE THERE IS NO NOISE, TROUBLE, OR HARD WORK. IT MEANS TO BE IN THE MIDST OF THOSE THINGS AND STILL BE CALM IN

when we feel fragile, we're like raw eggs—we crack open and splatter if dropped. But when we develop more resilience, we're like hard-boiled eggs—we might get dinged up if dropped, but we won't crack completely and spill all over the place.