Quotes About Adversity

Que tudo se foda, disse ela, e se fodeu toda.

No matter how many things women suffer, nothing can take away their appetite for trouble.

Les victoires et les défaites font grandir et rayonner les gens. — Utau

Chinese are wise in comprehending without many words what is inevitable and inescapable and therefore only to be borne.

Major offenses like this one, as well as minor indignities, or what psychologist Chester Pierce (1995) referred to as micro-aggressions, are so common and pervasive that for many parents, preparing their Black sons for the likelihood of an

It was unpleasant, but now its over. The best is to forget... These things happen every day, today it happened to me.

Chavela le respondió: «A veces, pero siempre acabo donde debo». Me tatuaría esa frase en su honor. ¡Cuántas veces la he visto terminar donde debía!

Each of us exists as a castaway in his circumstances, and it is there, whether he wishes or not, that man must struggle to remain afloat.

Que tanto gusto había en quejarse, un filósofo decía, que, a trueco de quejarse, habían las desdichas de buscarse.

Since no safety can there be 'Gainst the force of destiny, And the inclemency of fate;

Mud covered me from face to feet. I couldn't straighten my body, however much I tried to. But I was alive. I was alive and I could do seventy push-ups in the mud with a freaking bazooka tied to my back.

When the going got tough, I really had to draw on many of the same competitive instincts I did when I was skating. I really had to put my head down and stay positive. I had to fight.

We singe but never burn.

When things are shaky and nothing is working, we might realize that we are on the verge of something. We might realize that this is a very vulnerable and tender place, and that tenderness can go either way. We can shut down and feel resentful or we can touch in on that throbbing quality. (9)

It was defeat, but defeat is less unwelcome when you are tired.

Only the weak blame their past for the faults they find in their present; the strong acknowledge the effects of their past and then move on from it. We are all free to choose whether we will be weak or strong.

Well, life is very cruel. Very.' 'I would say', said Giles, 'it was death that was cruel. Not life.

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That he had not behaved as if he adored her, that she would not indeed have left him if he had, that he had most steadfastly refused indeed to become her husband, that he had misused her dreadfully, that he had been ill-tempered and critical of her, that he had been a bad provider, that his own pride had refused to allow her to add so much as one franc of her own money to the family budget – all these things were as nothing to Adele.

Quem na lama quer remexer, que lama seja.

But that's life. That's what you learn from; when things happen. Especially at your age. You just have to take it in and remember to think afterwards and not forget and never grow bitter.

One hour of thoughtful solitude may nerve the heart for days of conflict - girding up its armor to meet the most insidious foe.

No change, no pause, no hope! Yet I endure.

Yet if thou wilt, as 'tis destiny of trodden worms to writhe till they are dead, put forth thy might.