Quotes About Adversity

I think I would cope like anyone copes with any tragedy. I'm sure I would be very upset for a while and then there would come a point where I would either have to stay in this place of darkness and anger, or I'd have to accept that it happened.

Senki sem törÅ'dhet bele, hogy örökre tönkretették az életét.

Sin desgracias para nosotros, se entiende; para los enemigos, qué importa: sus desgracias son nuestra fortuna, hasta que termina la contienda y se rinden.

O mal das desgraças muito grandes, que nos partem ao meio e que parece que não vamos poder suportar, é que quem as padece acredita, ou quase exige que com elas o mundo acabe, e contudo o mundo não faz caso e continua, e ainda por cima é exigente com quem sofreu a desgraça, isto é, não lhe permite sair como quem abandona um teatro, a não ser que o desgraçado se mate.

Lo pasábamos bien juntos, pese a las brumas y las humaredas en que vivíamos envueltos. Pese a mi visión tan reducida, pese a todo. Era como si asistiera a su vida con sólo un ojo, el otro tuerto.

A song that is sung despite everything, but that is neither silenced nor diluted once it's sung, when it's followed by the silence of adult, or perhaps I should say masculine life.

Coqueteé ocasionalmente con la desesperación, nunca por gusto sino porque ataca sin avisar;

Las cosas pasan, es verdad, pero siempre le pasan a alguno y no a otros, y se lamentan los que las padecen

I have heard there are troubles of more than one kind. Some come from ahead and some come from behind. But I've bought a big bat. I'm all ready you see. Now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!

The Neimoidian gave a long, gurgling sigh. "You're right, Des. The decision is made. Grim fate and ill fortune have conspired against you. It's not like sabacc; you can't fold a bad hand. In life you just play the cards you're dealt.

the strength to survive must come from within. Others will always fail you. Friends, family, fellow soldiers Ã¢â'¬Â¦ in the end, each person must stand alone. When in need, look to the self.

the strength to survive must come from within. Others will always fail you. Friends, family, fellow soldiers Ã¢â'¬Â¦ in the end, each person must stand alone. When in need, look to the self. The dark side nurtured the power of the individual.

The world will run you down and slam a tire over your exploding skull and not even wonder what it had just hit.

E' necessaria la sventura per scavare certe misteriose miniere nascoste nell'intelligenza umana; serve la pressione per fare esplodere la polvere. La prigionia ha riunito in un punto solo tutte le mie facoltà, che fluttuavano quà e là, e sono venute a scontrarsi in uno spazio stretto: come sapete, dall'urto delle nubi scaturisce l'elettricità, dall'elettricità il lampo, dal lampo la luce

E' caratteristico degli animi indeboliti vedere tutte le cose attraverso un velo: l'anima si crea da sè i suoi orizzonti, ed è lei che vi crea un cielo tempestoso

Winds of adversity may have blown through your life. Your world may be falling apart. But if you will look closely enough, you'll see the light of God's faithfulness shining through the debris.

Statesmanship is developed in the hard knocks of general experience, private and public.

Traumas not only cause injury and pain, traumas block or slow the process of maturity.

our can'ts were born to happen our mosts have died in more

a total stranger one black day knocked living the hell out of me- who found forgiveness hard because my(as it happened)self he was -but now that fiend and i are such immortal friends the other's each

Treat a man like dirt-he produces flowers.

I've had very little experience in my life. In fact, I try to avoid experience if I can. Most experience is bad.

one day you stepped in snow, the next in mud, water soaked in your boots and froze them at night, it was the next worst thing to pure blizzardry, it was weather that wouldn't let you settle.

Truth is, if the drought don't get you and the blizzards don't get you, that's when some devil with liquor in his soul and a gun in his claw will ride you down and clean you out.