Quotes About Adversity

Everyone starts life with a fire in their soul; sadly most are snuffed out in the storms of life.

Most people fail in life because they were not prepared for the opportunities when they appeared.

Your past cannot stop you from a bright future, but an improper interpretation of your past can be fatal to your future.

Winners aren't those who lose the least, but rather those who learn the most from their losses on their way to victory.

Winners make every setback a floor to launch higher. Non-winners make every setback a ceiling to launch lower.

Most complain about dried up lawns; others envy a neighbor's green lawn, but winners learn from all lawns while cultivating their own.

If life is like a canoe in a raging river then wisdom is the paddle to successfully navigate.

It is a weak man who blames his failures on the strength of others.

When you are down and out something always turns up -- and it is usually the noses of your friends.

When you are down and out, something always turns up - usually the noses of your friends.

Or again we might say that we are at a Daniel-like moment, for Daniel and his three friends faced a challenge unlike that of most of the Jews before them. The world as the Jews had known it for hundreds of years from Joshua onward had gone. Not since the captivity in Egypt had Jews been strangers in a strange land as they found themselves when defeated and deported as exiles to Babylon in the sixth century B.C.

Love flies out the window when poverty comes in the door, they say, and it's true.

During the course of my life I have wished innumerable times that I might meet with a violent death, but I have never once desired to kill anybody. I thought that in killing a dreaded adversary I might actually be bringing him happiness.

Such it is for those in the grips of misfortune: declarations of support and sympathy, rather than providing comfort, may merely increase the victim's pain.

It seems, regrettably, that not even genius can overcome the debilitating effects of a mild fever.

Jusque-là dans ma vie, le désir d'être tué m'était venu plus d'une fois, mais l'idée de tuer quelqu'un ne m'avait pas effleuré ; lorsque je me trouvais devant un adversaire terrible je ne pensais, au contraire, qu'à le rendre heureux.

Pero la vida de los seres humanos es un infierno y lo cierto es que en este mundo hay poca ducha y muchas desgracias.

pero la desdicha tambien forma parte del destino.

All of us say such things when we're at our wit's end! We're all doing our best to survive.

It's fine if you stammer while you say them. It could even be one word. You'll see how words come out when you're in a pinch.

Hayat hiçbir zaman heyecan verici oyun dizisi de?ildir. Aç?k konu?mak gerekirse, sadece oyunbozan kaderin içinde yat?p kalk?yoruz.

My teacher said once that every man faces seven enemies in his lifetime. Sickness, hunger, betrayal, envy, greed, old age, and then death...

Anyone can deal with success, but only the wise can learn from failure.

Be proud of struggles in your life. They bring you closer to greatness.