Quotes About Adversity

You tried to play the game, okay? But they run the game. You don't run anything. That means you can't change anything. Not from the inside. When you got nothing, you got to change things from the outside.

Did we salivate for sadness, or had we only learned to enjoy what we were forced to eat?

You tried to play their game, okay? But they run the game. You don't run anything. That means you can't change anything. Not from the inside. When you got nothing, you got to change things from the outside.

Even if they found themselves in Heaven, our countrymen would find occasion to remark that it was not as warm as Hell.

Even if they found themselves in Heaven, our countrymen would find occasion to remark that it was not as warm as Hell. Why's

Revolutions begin this way, with men willing to fight no matter what the odds, volunteering to give up everything because they had nothing.

Now there's nowhere to go but America. There are worse places, I said. Perhaps, he said.

The secret of life is to accept. Accept happiness, accept sorrow; accept success, accept failure; accept fame, accept disgrace; accept doubt, even accept the impression of certainty.

Is it not love that knows how to make smooth things rough and rough things smooth?

You can't blame her,' said Amit. 'After a life so full of tragedy anyone would become hard.' 'What tragedy?' asked Mrs. Chatterji. 'Well, when she was four,' said Amit, 'her mother slapped her--it was quite traumatic--and then things went on in that vein. When she was twelve she came in second in an exam...It hardens you.

A really great unfortunate person is one who cannot find water even in the sea.

A tree that grows in the shade of another one will die small.

Challenges are the most truthful and strictest of teachers.

Dance with the Devil and he may make you the king of Hell.

Don't be afraid of falling. By falling we learn to go safely.

Don't worry about making mistakes, they are just opportunities.

Every man for himself and the Devil for all.

Failure is necessary in life. If you cannot fail, you cannot succeed.

Fall down seven times stand up eight. - Could anyone show me how?

Give challenges to those who have the character to face them.

Having difficulties in life is nothing but only a matter of choice.

He who knows quotations can overcome any type of difficulty in life.

Hunger brings people down, but pride can help them get up.

Life is like a wheel. Now up, now down; we cannot always expect to be on top.