Quotes About Adversity

I think it's really important to maintain a positive attitude. It might not solve all your problems, but keep it up long enough and it will piss off enough people to make it worthwhile.

But in 1856, Fort Yuma was hellish for reasons beyond the heat. It was bedeviled by blinding dust storms and prone to Indian attacks. The barracks were plagued with ants, gnats, and, when the river was high, mosquitoes, and the toilets were open trenches heaped with dirt and lime to squelch the stench.

She gave her name as "Olivino," recalled her father's surname as "Oatman" and said she'd had six siblings, mentioning Lucy and Lorenzo by name. She identified her abductors as Apaches. Asked if they had treated her well, she said, "No. They whipped me." In response to the same question about the Mohaves, she "seemed pleased," noted Burke, and answered, "Very well.

Failure leads to Success.

Yet if we are to take the Lacanian account of singularity seriously, we must admit that what really counts in life is not our ability to evade chaos, but rather our capacity to meet it in such a manner as to not be irrevocably broken or demolished.

Within this mercurial reality, our happiness depends less on how well or badly we tackle the myriad ordeals of our lives than on how dexterously we withstand the fact that the ground underneath our feet shifts constantly.

It takes courage to live in the midst of hate. And it requires strength to keep that hatred from eating your soul.

When my enemies stop hissing, I shall know I'm slipping.

The world is full of worse than anyone has yet imagined, and there's only so much room.

Nothing like trouble to make a day pass faster.

I'm this thing that emerged from it, some kind of miserable Phoenix.

They were the cream of the crop, but soon they'd be chaff, scythed from swordsmen into skeletons.

I would not be eaten, nor beaten, no skewered and swimmer I, no drowned dinner for a circle of cold companions, gobbling my guts, glutted on my gold.

How many times can you be shattered in the toasting, a champagne flute lifted and listing? How many times will you survive, a woman made of her own history, and more than it? How many times can you put your heart back together? As many times as you need to. You can make it through this.

For a moment, he felt for his old foes, fen-bound, embarking alone.

I'm not depressed. I'm fucked up. I have been since I can remember. There's not a version of my life that isn't fucked up.

I've been playing against older and stronger competition my whole life. It has made me a better tennis player and able to play against this kind of level despite their strength and experience.

There's always another storm. It's the way the world works. Snowstorms, rainstorms, windstorms, sandstorms, and firestorms. Some are fierce and others are small. You have to deal with each one separately, but you need to keep an eye on whats brewing for tomorrow.

Maar hier staan Klipman, hy't niks oorgekom van dit nie. En hierie man van my, dink ek terwyl ek grot toe loop, is 'n annerlike man, want vuur en klip is nie owerste oor hom nie, nee. Dis annersom. Hy is die owerste oor vuur en klip, ahê". Klipman se arm is nog steeds om my, hy hou my nog allie tyd vas. Sal nie weer teensukkel teen hom nie, dink ek. Hy't my nou mooi saggebak. Ek is nou 'n gaar skilpadjie, hy kan my maar afdop.

You simply don't realize how much pain the human spirit can endure

What doesn't kill us makes us funnier.

When God closes one door, He slams another in your face

A végén persze kiderült, hogy nincs nekem más ellenfelem, csak önmagam, csak hát fogalmam se volt, mily határtalanul gyönge vagyok.

Misery is a binder (of the soul) stronger than happiness.