Quotes About Adversity

If the eccentric is sufficiently integrated to succeed in some field, to gain wealth or power, he is admired and respected and his oddity is overlooked. But if the eccentric fails, he is pitied or ridiculed and shunned as something strange.

It was now May of 1520; Cortés had been in Tenochtitlán since November, and he had only succeeded in trapping himself.

An absolutely necessary part of a writer's equipment, almost as necessary as talent, is the ability to stand up under punishment, both the punishment the world hands out and the punishment he inflicts upon himself.

Janet was a tower of strength to me during the miserable time of uncertainty that preceded the divorce. She never pushed me; never urged me to agree to anything foolish in order to hasten the divorce; seemed perfectly willing to continue our irregular arrangement for the rest of our lives. If Gertrude was making life harder for me, Janet was making it easier to an even greater extent.

Until now in world's history, whenever we've had a dark age, its been temporary and local. And other parts of the world have been doing fine. And eventually, they help you get out of the dark age. We are now facing a possible dark age which is going to be world-wide and permanent! That's not fun. That's a different thing. But once we have established many worlds, we can do whatever we want as long as we do it one world at a time.

In life, unlike chess, the game continues after checkmate.

Feeling uncomfortable about a situation is oftentimes the indicator that growth is about to take place.

Minor inconveniences are just that, and nothing more.

So shines the setting sun on adverse skies, and paints a rainbow on the storm.

Fear is inevitable, I have to accept that, but I cannot allow it to paralyze me.

Let the world either kill us or grow accustomed to us; here we stand.

Best would have been if I'd died, I guess, but there wasn't much chance of that, not right off anyway... Next best was to make me want to die, but I had enough spite in me to want to live, usually.

The only thing which can be regarded as properly tragic is resistance, resistance on the part of a man to whatever it is that oppresses him.

Love won't be tampered with, love won't go away. Push it to one side and it creeps to the other.

Do you know a cure for me?" "Why yes," he said, "I know a cure for everything. Salt water." "Salt water?" I asked him. "Yes," he said, "in one way or the other. Sweat, or tears, or the salt sea.

Difficult times have helped me to understand better than before how infinitely rich and beautiful life is in every way, and that so many things that one goes worrying about are of no importance whatsoever.

All sorrows can be borne if you can put them into a story.

The cure for anything is salt water — sweat, tears, or the salt sea.

children have the resilience to outlive their sufferings, if given a chance.

Who can ever know what path to walk on when all of them are either crooked or broken? One just has to walk.

My squad is my family, my gun is my provider, and protector, and my rule is to kill or be killed.

It is more important to know where you are going than to get there quickly. Do not mistake activity for achievement. Remember that there is nothing stable in human affairs, therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity or undue depression in adversity.

A world of grief and pain, but the flowers bloom even then

When God punishes a land, he deprives it leaders of wisdom.