Quotes About Adversity

Independence, like honor, is a rocky island without a beach.

You write to me that it's impossible; the word is not French.

Circumstances-what are circumstances? I make circumstances

You would make a ship sail against the winds and currents by lighting a bonfire under her decks? I have no time for such nonsense.

True character stands the test of emergencies. Do not be mistaken, it is weakness from which the awakening is rude.

Before success comes in any man's life, he's sure to meet with much temporary defeat and, perhaps some failures. When defeat overtakes a man, the easiest and the most logical thing to do is to quit. That's exactly what the majority of men do.

Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed on an equal or greater benefit.

No man ever achieved worth-while success who did not, at one time or other, find himself with at least one foot hanging well over the brink of failure.

Before success comes in any man's life, he is sure to meet with much temporary defeat, and, perhaps, some failure. When defeat overtakes a man, the easiest and most logical thing to do is to quit. That is exactly what the majority of men do. More than five hundred of the most successful men this country has ever known told the author their greatest success came just one step beyond the point at which defeat had overtaken them.

Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit.

Every adversity, every failure, every heartbreak, carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit.

All these were things that at present seemed like a dream, because Fascism was in power and Fascism wanted people to let themselves crumble away.

When you are at the bottom, you find beauty in such little things, and goodness in such little gestures. When I compare any struggle today to ones that I may have had in my childhood, there is nothing that can bring me down.

Life's got to be lived, no matter how long or short. You got to take what comes.

Even when bad things happen you have to try to use those bad things in a positive manner and really just take the positive out of it.

Don't worry, no one ever died of it. You might cry or laugh, but not die.

We must continue to open in the face of tremendous opposition. No one is encouraging us to open and still we must peel away the layers of the heart.

Life is not orderly. No matter how we try to make it so, right in the middle of it we die, lose a leg, fall in love, or drop a jar of applesauce.

At Maddox Table a yoke was carved for my neck, was tailor made.

he's stuck with them, so he makes the best of a bad situation. he's a hero because he makes something good out of a life he doesn't want.

Put bluntly, it doesn't matter how much "failure" you've experienced if you decide to respond to it constructively. And sometimes maybe "responding to it constructively" means you ignore it altogether.

it doesn't matter how much "failure" you've experienced if you decide to respond to it constructively.

I wanted their stories to be a reminder that, no matter what insignia the behemoths may wear, or what philosophy they may spout, a bully is a bully, and no matter how much they beat you down, as long as you've got one finger left, you can still poke the bastards in the eye. -Blackhearts: Author's Introduction: A Finger In The Eye: By Nathan Long

Hardness," I was learning, was the supreme virtue among recon Marines. The greatest compliment one could pay to another was to say he was hard. Hardness wasn't toughness, nor was it courage, although both were part of it. Hardness was the ability to face an overwhelming situation with aplomb, smile calmly at it, and then triumph through sheer professional pride.