Quotes About Adversity

Unless life also hands you sugar and water, your lemonade is going to suck.

Our challenges don't define us, our actions do.

We were learning that all the training and all the caring in the world were not going to solve every problem. This wasn't medical school. We weren't going to ace every exam. Silver-haired professors weren't going to pat us on the head and marvel at our intellectual acumen. We weren't going to win every battle.

And of course she's sad about losing her leg, but she says it's made her realise how many things she hasn't lost...it's like a millionaire who loses a thousand dollars- he's sad, but he's still not that bad off.

One's dignity may be assaulted, vandalized and cruelly mocked, but it can never be taken away unless it is surrendered.

I have no choice about whether or not I have Parkinson's. I have nothing but choices about how I react to it. In those choices, there's freedom to do a lot of things in areas that I wouldn't have otherwise found myself in.

There's always failure. And there's always disappointment. And there's always loss. But the secret is learning from the loss, and realizing that none of those holes are vacuums.

One's dignity may be assaulted, vandalized and cruelly mocked, but cannot be taken away unless it is surrendered.

Michael J. Fox

One's dignity may be assaulted, vandalized and cruelly mocked, but cannot be taken away unless it is surrendered.

Frankly, my height or lack thereof never bothered me much. Although there is no doubt that it has contributed to a certain mental toughness. I've made the most of the head start one gains from being underestimated.

As for my own truncated secondary education, my head was in the clouds as my mom would say, or if you asked my father, up my ass.

The only unavailable choice was whether or not to have Parkinson's. Everything else was up to me.

Sure, it may be one step forward and two steps back, but after a time with Parkinson's, I've learned that what is important is making that step count; always looking up.

Acceptance doesn't mean resignation; it means understanding that something is what it is and that there's got to be a way through it.

Chris defined hero as "an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure.

Chris focused not on the "What happened?" but on the "What now?" "Before a catastrophe, we can't imagine coping with the burdens that might confront us in a dire moment. Then when that moment arrives, we suddenly find that we have resources inside us that we knew nothing about

If you are the stronger player, simplify the interaction to emphasize your skill. If you are the underdog, complicate the game to introduce more luck into the outcome. Underdogs that successfully increase the influence of luck will also increase their chance of winning.

Look who's standing if you please, 'though you tried to bring me to my knees.

The Romulans may rip this base in half, pal. They may even kill me. But I'll be damned if they're going to keep me from enjoying a refreshing beverage.

I guess this means we're uck-fayed, don't it Mikee?

My generation must have despair. - Leonard Bernstein Ch 40/Dog Water Free, A Memoir

All progress takes place outside the comfort zone.

My body could stand the crutches but my mind couldn't stand the sideline.