Quotes About Adversity

The sun might not always shine on us. But those will be the days that we take pleasure in the rain. ?

Then I hope it is because I am wearing my life well instead of it wearing me.

What is deservedly suffered must be borne with calmness, but when the pain is unmerited, the grief is resistless. – Ovid

When life seems hard, the courageous do not lie down and accept defeat; instead, they are all the more determined to struggle for a better future. ~ Queen Elizabeth II

I have always had the ability to attach my demons to my chariot. And they have been forced to make themselves useful.

One has to manage alone as best one can. (Karin Bergman)

I had not suffered enough to find the rage in my guts I needed to struggle to death for my freedom.

Now I realized that life supplies us with everything we need for the journey. Everything I had acquired either actively or passively, everything I had learned either voluntarily or by osmosis, was coming back to me as the real riches of my life, even though I had lost everything.

Comprendía, entonces, que la vida nos da montones de provisiones para nuestras travesías por el desierto. Todo lo que había adquirido de manera activa o pasiva, todo lo que había aprendido voluntariamente o por osmosis, volvía a mí como las verdaderas riquezas de mi existencia, cuando lo había perdido todo.

Aquella tarde, bajo la maldita lluvia, acurrucada sobre mi infortunio, entendí que sin duda podía ser como ellos.

I have to think of the positive that's how I cope.

The more obstacles you encounter, the harder you must fight to meet your destiny. Never let adversity win. Never give up on yourself and the good you can bring to the world.

Sometimes we can let the curves life throws us mess with our internal guidance system. As your grandfather used to say, if you keep your eye on the horizon and focus on your destination, no storm can push you too far off course." It almost sounded like Charley was issuing a . . .

We mustn't give trouble a shape before it throws its shadow.

Who needs a suitcase? The notebooks are burnt.

Never give up in the face of adversity. It is in the midst of adversity that we grow stronger.

isn't just a minor inconvenience.

Iris Johansen

My your balls wither away and you develop and allergy to Viagra and all it's counter-parts (Sophie to Royd)

I bet you never had to live through really tough times." "Yes, I did," he says. Well, I'm not going to ask what he considers tough times. There are those who already feel sorry for themselves when they haven't had a hot meal by three in the afternoon.

Mates are a waste of fucking time. They are always ready to drag you down tae their level of social, sexual and intellectual mediocrity.

Life is 10 what you make it, and 90 how you take it.

Life's not so bad after all. There are not only poison but also antidotes.

His bright hope had become a black cloud of despair.