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Quotes About Adversity

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~ Unknown
Remember, a fight isn't just about surviving, it's about prevailing. There's a difference.
~ Unknown
S. Rainsford.
~ Unknown
It wasn't good, but it could have been worse; it can always be worse.
~ Unknown
Their loss-of-comms link-up point was just a mile to the southeast. There was no sign of any other human life.
~ Unknown
Keep moving forward, he heard his dad's voice urging him on. Always improve your fighting position, son.
~ Unknown
Remember, a fight isn't just about surviving, it's about prevailing.
~ Unknown
The pistol is just to fight your way to the rifle. Then get to work.
~ Unknown
don't quit, buddy; life is hard sometimes, but if you stay with it and keep moving forward, you'll prevail .
~ Unknown
Champions get up when they can't.
~ Jack Dempsey
A champion is someone who gets up when they can't
~ Jack Dempsey
For another, no person or place is the sum of a single tragedy or continuing ones.
~ Unknown
she knew how to manage pain. She made herself cheerful. The worse things got, the more cheerful she became.
~ Unknown
goalposts, tore chunks of the field as souvenirs, and surrounded our team in their mud- and grass-stained
~ Unknown
These folks zigged when the rest of the world zagged. And once you cross the line, there's no coming back. Mark my words.
~ Jack Gantos
Someone once said anyone can be great under rosy circumstances, but the true test of character is measured by how well a person makes decisions during difficult times.
~ Jack Gantos
You gotta face the hand you're dealt with and deal with it, and make your problems be the smallest part of who you are.
~ Jack Gantos
Betrothed" We get to be alone by time, by luck, or by misadventure.
~ Jack Gilbert
Josy Barthel came first in the 1500m at the 1952 Olympic Games. This was a real triumph, as being from the tiny country of Luxembourg, no-one had expected him to have a chance - especially the band, who hadn't brought the music for Luxembourg's national anthem with them. They were forced to improvise, causing Barthel to put his head in his hands and weep.
~ Jack Goldstein
In times like these And times like those What will be will be And so it goes
~ Jack Johnson
Pro football gave me a good sense of perspective to enter politics: I'd already been booed, cheered, cut, sold, traded and hung in effigy.
~ Jack Kemp
You could grow up every which way, a tree standing tall and straight in an open field or blasted and twisted on the side of a mountain.
~ Jack Ketchum
Pain can work from the outside in.
~ Jack Ketchum
Do not be afraid to face your difficulty. Turn toward it. Lean into the wind. Hold your ground.
~ Jack Kornfield