Quotes About Adversity

I fall upon the thorns of life! I bleed!

Alas! this is not what I thought life was. I knew that there were crimes and evil men, Misery and hate; nor did I hope to pass Untouched by suffering, through the rugged glen. In mine own heart I saw as in a glass The hearts of others ... And when I went among my kind, with triple brass Of calm endurance my weak breast I armed, To bear scorn, fear, and hate, a woeful mass!

O Spirit! fearlessly bear on. Though storms may break the primrose on its stalk, Though frosts may blight the freshness of its bloom, Yet spring's awakening breath will woo the earth To feed with kindliest dews its favorite flower, That blooms in mossy bank and darksome glens, Lighting the greenwood with its sunny smile.

I Fall upon the thorns of life....

Trees, though they are cut and lopped, grow up again quickly, but if men are destroyed, it is not easy to get them again.

If you find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't lead anywhere." —FRANK HOWARD CLARK

Well they were going to have to do a whole lot better than this if they wanted us Creeds to feel bad. If they thought they could hurt me or dad just by messing with my head at a tryout and cutting me from the team they had another thing coming. If there is one thing we Creeds knew how to succeed at, it was failure.

Strong believers will run to the Word and not from the Word in times of attack.

Do not be afraid of sudden terror, nor of trouble from the wicked when it comes; for the Lord will be your confidence (Proverbs 3:25, 26).

Weeds choke the life out of anything good that might grow.

I learned that if the battle is great, the blessing will be greater!

If God is with you, who can be against you?

The wilderness creates unusual pressures and challenges.

He who wants a rose must respect the thorn.

Use your enemy's hand to catch a snake.

Sometimes the only way out is through.

Soccer is not about justice. It's a drama - and criminally wrong decisions against you are part and parcel of that.

And the justice in this world is that you don't have to break legs because somebody's broken yours.

when your own goddamn brain starts fucking with you, you're not just fucked up a little bit, you're totally fucked up.

Now I know how those Christians felt when they were told they had a booking with a hungry lion in an hour.

We're waist deep in the Big MuddyAnd the big fool says to push on.

So remember when you're looking for trouble That trouble is already busy with weaker men

Although humans rarely die from trauma, if we do not resolve it, our lives can be severely diminished by its effects. Some people have even described this situation as a "living death.

I found that, if given appropriate guidance, human beings can and do shake off the effects of overwhelming events and return to their lives using exactly the same procedures that animals use.