Quotes About Adversity

Thanks to the gods! My misfortune exceeds my hopes.41

in later years, one can grow so well accustomed as to smile at them, to take the tormentor's side with a. happy determination which deludes one into the belief that it is not, really, tormenting; but

Even the demons are encouraged when their chief is not lost in loss itself.

But wherefore thou alone? Wherefore with thee Came not all hell broke loose?

Every cloud has a silver lining

But hard be hardened, blind be blinded more, that they may stumble on, and deeper fall

To be blind is not miserable; not to be able to bear blindness, that is miserable.

As to my blindness, I would rather have mine, if it be necessary, than either theirs, More or yours.

Depression steals your ability to feel happy and proud even at the moments you should be happiest and proudest.

The boat is safe, secure, and comfortable. On the other hand, the water is rough. The waves are high. The wind is strong. There's a storm out there. And if you get out of the boat—whatever your boat might happen to be—there's a good chance you might sink.

Prosperity hath slain the foolish and wounded the wise.

I am not a courageous person by nature. I have simply discovered that, at certain key moments in this life, you must find courage in yourself, in order to move forward and live. It is like a muscle and it must be exercised, first a little, and then more and more. All the really exciting things possible during the course of a lifetime require a little more courage than we currently have. A deep breath and a leap.

A spaniel, a woman, and a walnut tree, the more they're beaten the better they be.

Heroes happen because somebody made a mistake.

Keep moving forward until we find something better to do, Hinchcliffe replied. Maybe find the nursery for the dog-demons. I'd rather kill them stillborn. I didn't know you were a Democrat, Staff Sergeant, Berg said with a grin. Don't ask, don't tell, Two-Gun.

Never ever say: It couldn't be worse.

Close one Pandora's Box and we open another, the President said. That's science for you, Mr. President.

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For the anvil never cries for the iron.

It's hard to light a candle, easy to curse the dark instead

Well, Lily, we must go through a little dreadfulness, that's a fact: no road to any good knowledge is wholly among the lilies and the grass; there is rough climbing to be done always.

lost a tire. He didn't take the time to worry

Where you living, James?" Del asked. "You living with your mom?" "I gotta place. Look, I'm doing all right. I got a part-time gig with this guy. . . . I didn't kill nobody. I don't got a gun.

Kids are wonderful, even when they're not.