Quotes About Adversity

Some days you get the bear, some days the bear gets you, and some days you cannot even find the woods.

Things happen to us all the time. You don't have much choice about that. But where we do have choice is in what we do with what happens.

One fateful day, expecting high praise from my advisor for some work I felt great about, I instead heard from him: "Marilee, this is just not acceptable." At that moment something new happened. Instead of tearfully wondering what was wrong with me, I took a deep breath, and becoming calm and curious, simply asked him "OK, how do I fix it?" That simple shift took me from feeling powerless to being confident enough to take constructive action.

Who gets to choose what battle takes her down?

I decided to make music again at a time when I couldn't have had more obstacles.

What doesn't kill you is gonna leave a scar.

Relationships never break cleanly. Like a valuable vase, they are smashed and then glued back together, smashed and glued, smashed and glued until the pieces just don't fit together anymore.

Fear is acceptable, as long as I don't allow it to cripple me...

If I am brave enough to stand against those who have been groomed by fear, I will recognize that where I get knocked down is all about where life begins, and has nothing to do with where it ends.

Loss is an invitation to a journey of unparalleled growth, yet we seldom RSVP the invitation.

All men have their FEARS. But those who face their fears with FAITH have COURAGE as well.

To fall is not to fail. To fail is to never fall because I never got up in the first place.

After all, the fear is the thing which keep us alive, why do you want to get rid of it??

I turned to face her. "What about fear. Can you outrun it?""Only if ye stand still and face it do ye have a chance against fear.

It took vulnerability to forge strength, the way true courage required fear.

Courage is the willingness to act in spite of fear.

Everybody's scared, but if you don't let your fears stop you, that's bravery.

Being afraid of things going wrong, doesn't help them go right.

How you react doesn't tell a person about your character, as much as it does your fear or God's fire. Which is it?

where there is never sunshine darkness isn't a scary thing

There is always a moment in our lives when we are destined to fall the way we ever feared of.

A candle is at its brightest in the dark.

Don't let your fear hold you back, Jaz." - Alf Abrahamsen

Your fear ain't nothin but gum on the bottom of your shoe. The residue from some past experience is all it is. You can scrape the gum off or it can serve as a reminder of your testimony of survival.