Quotes About Adversity

It's no go my honey love, it's no go my poppet;Work your hands from day to day, the winds will blow the profit.The glass is falling hour by hour, the glass will fall forever,But if you break the bloody glass you won't hold up the weather.

When you spend your whole life living in a hole, the only way you can go is up. (Zero/Hector Zeroni)

Zero wasnt worried, " When you spend your whole life living in a shole", he said, "the only way you can go is up.

I was raised to face any challenge.

On surviving on the raft for 47 days) We had truly made it on a wing and prayer.

Sometimes what we see as a loss turns out in the end to be a gain, and sometimes a gain is a loss. I try not to be too swift to pass judgment on any situation, preferring instead to be patient and take the long view because I believe that in the end all things work together for good.

as the Bible says, a smooth sea never made a good sailor. I believe that to this day.

I didn't know it then, but my persistence, perseverance, and unwillingness to accept defeat when things looked all but hopeless were part of the very character traits I would need to make it through World War II alive.

But I couldn't give up hope. Not my style. I would do what I had to do to survive. From that moment until the end of the war, when we were freed, I would really come to understand the meaning of "Don't give up, don't give in.

the mind is a crucial line of defense against adversity.

By the way, I didn't win the 5000-meter race at the Olympics, but making the team and not winning is like going to the moon and stumbling over a rock and falling. So what? You're still on the moon.

I thought I had problems, but now, knowing what you went through, I've stopped feeling sorry for myself. I'm going to quit tearing myself apart and treat my problems more lightly.

I had taken the Bird's daily beatings at Omori, and then at Naoetsu. I had to. I never complained. I just got knocked down, bled, got up, got knocked down, bled, got up. I expected it. I wouldn't let it get me down. Sometimes it took me two days to recover, but I always had a positive attitude. Steely, but positive. No way would he break me.

I wasn't reaching for glory at Naoetsu. I just wouldn't give the Bird the satisfaction of destroying my dignity. Don't let anyone take yours away, either.

but in the end all things work together for good.

Remember that frost comes latest to those that bloom the highest.

Everybody has their days of misfortune.

What do girls do who haven't any mothers to help them through their troubles?

You can think of a lot of things to make out of nothing, if you have to.

Parenthood anywhere from the heart of Texas to the middle of Manhattan is one long coping with maladjusted personalities, crooked teeth, allergies to goose feathers and lamentable traits inherited from the other side of the family.

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

Now that I knew fear, I also knew it was not permanent. As powerful as it was, its grip on me would loosen. It would pass.

Her clothes were filled with safety pins and hidden tears.

Society is like this card game here, cousin. We got dealt our hand before we were even born, and as we grow we have to play as best as we can.