Quotes About Adversity

It's no laughing matter when you have to fight with the roaches to see who gets the cornflakes.

There are many monsters, oh, many!

Survival isn't instructive, just demeaning.

All life is 6 to 5 against.

I long ago came to the conclusion that all life is 6 to 5 against.

If nothing else, Malus Darkblade, you can be counted on to react to adversity with as much violence as physically possible"- Tzarkan

Sometimes the threat is so grave, the worst of enemies must become the best of friends.

we got beat to shit tonite. beat to shit. i know tosh is hurt worse than shes letting on, and james must be banged up a treat. owen too, but hes playing it all macho.

Some have said that I was crippled beyond the measure of a man. I do not see it that way. I believe I was liberated.

I am a rat, and I am gnawing. I am a rat.

We're earlobe deep in doo-doo

We pick up the pieces, Donna. Some of them are broken.

Pain is a part of growing up. It's how we learn.

All it took was a couple weeks and boom--they sucked the crazy out of you and your soul went with it.

Maybe I was a bad kid. But I was also slowly turning to stone.

Once you've wrestled, everything else in life is easy.

Through divorce, death, and bankruptcy, lost jobs and lost boyfriends, the women of the Denver Roller Dolls are there at the rink four times a week beating each other up—and building each other up.

Every bad thing that happens in the world is good for somebody.

In 1846, George Donner and his brother Jacob, Illinois farmers, set out for the promise of California in covered wagons with several families, including their own. They took a shortcut that turned out to be a longer route, hit bad weather, ran out of food, and resorted to cannibalism (yes, that means eating each other). Only a few members of the party survived.

having a flattened

In just one day at the 1904 Olympics, American gymnast George Eyser won six medals, including three golds. That was amazing in itself. But that's not even the amazing part of the story. The most amazing part was that Eyser only had one leg! His left one had to be amputated after it was run over by a train. Johnny Weissmuller was one

In just one day at the 1904 Olympics, American gymnast George Eyser won six medals, including three golds. That was amazing in itself. But that's not even the amazing part of the story. The most amazing part was that Eyser only had one leg! His left one had to be amputated after it was run over by a train.

All day long I've been telling myself it's only a merry-go-round. Some people fall off quicker than others. No big mystery.

Laughter is the only thing that cuts trouble down to a size where you can talk to it.