Quotes About Adversity

I only know it takes weeks to recover, as if one had been in a car accident.

I just let it be hard while it is hard without going crazy fo it to get easy.

Be at your best when your partner is at his or her worst.

Sometimes it was best to make a change, and sometimes the only way to make a change was to be forced into it.

Wenn ich jetzt falle, stehe ich nie wieder auf. Also gehe ich weiter.

Sometimes when we're in situations where we feel we're not in control, we do things, especially things that take a lot of energy, as a way of making ourselves feel we have some power.

No, señor. The deeper you push the iron into them, the harder they fight you.

Never mind being afraid of eleven right now.

Our characters are forged in fires we didn't build.

rocky terrain is unavoidable and may even be the path to something wonderful. "We can count on chaos,

By stabilizing things you defeat the point of the exercise. Stay with the uncertainty, please. Really, it's all about the struggle.

She had come to an inner strength that held her up. When things were so bad that they couldn't be any worse, something came to you—some courage, some control.

I was a grown woman before I found out black folks aren't the only ones who have hard times. Everybody's got a struggle. Nobody gets through this life easy.

I realized that aging gracefully was less about grace and more about strength. I had to toughen up.

My strength was returning as we went on. It occurred to me then that it was in times of struggle that I found the best parts of myself-courage, loyalty, an unexpected peace- and I always discovered what I needed to break through and go on.

You don't get to choose what the world would require of you. You got to choose only how you responded.

I think we were meant to fight a good fight, and I think we're better for fighting it.

The Road of Bones," said Dan. "That's a little bit unpleasant even by my standards.

It occurred to me then that it was in times of struggle that I found the best parts of myself - courage, loyalty, an unexpected peace - and I always discovered what I needed to break through and go on.

All I'm trying to tell you is to be strong. Don't ever let nothing get you down. Don't be afraid or ashamed to love, or to grieve when the thing you love is gone. Just don't let it throw you, no matter how much it hurts.

If circumstances dictate that your disposable income has to come from eating ramen alongside your vintage Cantillon gueuze, so be it.

Tu "mano a mano" ha sido acertado. -¿Te refieres a mi "mano a diente"? No te mentiré, me ha sentado bien. -TT. No has hecho más que ahorrarme problemas. Llevaba un tiempo medio suelto. -¿Medio suelto? ¿Por alguna pelea? -No. -Entonces, ¿qué? Tío. No me digas que aún tienes... ¿dientes de leche? -La dentición temporal de los humanos...

For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst and provide for it.

So I'd been captured? So I was starving? Did that mean I had to shrivel up and die? I could still slither. I could still hiss. Nothing had been stolen from me except my freedom. What I needed was a new plan.