Quotes About Adversity

FAILURE IS PART OF BEING HUMAN.

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

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.

I once told Wendell that Mike, my colleague, had said a while back that 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.

There's a popular saying, a paraphrase from a Robert Frost poem: "The only way out is through." The only way to get to the other side of the tunnel is to go through it, not around it. But I can't even picture the entrance right now.

You're not choosing the pain, but you're choosing the suffering

Our losses become the road maps for our future.

There are certain things in life for which we can never be prepared.

To experience pain may not be a choice, but to suffer is a cognitive decision

wisecracks about my wheelchair drag racing, they all said they were happy to see I was still joking around.

Anyway, that was the thing about life and fate; it never was fair. Horrific things happened to good people and brilliant things happened to bad ones.

Don't be a whiner, she told herself. Concentrate on the good things in life, even if there don't seem to be too many of them left.

Being scared wasn't an emotion Zack was familiar with, but it had him in its grip now.

Just when you think you've hit rock bottom, someone'll throw you a shovel." – Chloe Traeger

Ty pointed his beer at Josh. Want to know what I think? No, Josh said. I think you have a case of being a little girl. Maybe you should prescribe yourself a heavy dose of man-the-fuck-up.

Life is like a boner: long and hard.

Listen, we watch Law and Order. We know shit happens. And shit's happening.

I think you have a case of being a little girl. Maybe you should prescribe yourself a heavy dose of man-the-fuck-up.

If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried. From Head Over Heels, by Jill Shalvis

Just when you think you have a handle on life, it breaks.

You're only as strong as your biggest weakness.

Just when you think you've hit rock bottom. someone will hand you a shovel.--- Phoebe Traeger

The good news is your head's still attached to your shoulders," Cole said. "And the bad news?" Tanner asked. "The hit doesn't appear to have knocked any sense into you.

Mom used to tell me not to worry when people didn't get me. People throw rocks at things that shine - from the mixed up files of Tilly Adam's journal