Quotes About Adversity

every cloud has its silver lining but it is sometimes a little difficult to get it to the mint' -archy the cockroach

every cloud has its silver lining but it is sometimes a little difficult to get it to the mint

But we little know until tried how much of the uncontrollable there is in us, urging across glaciers and torrents, and up dangerous heights, let the judgement forbid as it may.

Going through tough times is a wonderful thing, and everybody should try it. Once

The worst of times often create the best opportunities to make good deals. The

Stay confident even when something bad happens. It is just a bump in the road. It will pass.

You will be attacked for trying to change anything.

Problems are often opportunities coming at us in packaging that isn't what we expect or want.

Oh my God. This is terrible. This is the end of my presidency. I'm fucked.

It has not been easy for me

Criticism is easier to take when you realize that the only people who aren't criticized are those who don't take risks.

They're not after me, they're after you. I'm just in the way.

I hate lawsuits and depositions, but the fact is that if you're right, you've got to take a stand, or people will walk all over you. In any case, there's no way I could avoid depositions, even if I never brought a lawsuit myself. Nowadays, if your name is Donald Trump, everyone in the world seems to want to sue you.

When something happens to you, you have two choices in how to deal with it. You can either get bitter, or get better.

But the people who took the bus didn't experience the city as we experienced the city. The pain made the city more beautiful. The story made us different characters than we would have been if we had skipped the story and showed up at the ending an easier way.

He said, "Don, when something hard happens to you, you have two choices in how to deal with it. You can either get bitter, or better. I chose to get better. It's made all the difference.

There is no conflict man can endure that will not produce a blessing.

Some people skip through life; some people are dragged through it.

joy costs pain.

The point of a story is never about the ending, remember. It's about your character getting

Pain can serve a purpose if we cause it to. Again, while we do not have power over all that happens in the world, we do have power over our perspective. We can choose to take unfair and undue pain and cause it to serve our own story so that we become better. So that we transform.

All of us, from time to time, aren't treated fairly, but it's the heroes who overcome their oppressors to accomplish their important mission.

In its purest form, a story starts with a character who lives in peace and stability. Suddenly that stability is disrupted:

All great stories are about survival—either physical, emotional, relational, or spiritual.