Quotes About Adversity

Some seed the bird devours, And some the season mars, But here and there will flower The solitary stars, And fields will yearly bear them, As light-leaved spring comes on, And luckless lads will wear them When I am dead and gone.

Therefore, since the world has still Much good, but much less good than ill, And while the sun and moon endure Luck's a chance, but trouble's sure, I'd face it as a wise man would, And train for ill and not for good.

The pattern of a newspaperman's life is like the plot of 'Black Beauty.' Sometimes he finds a kind master who gives him a dry stall and an occasional bran mash in the form of a Christmas bonus, sometimes he falls into the hands of a mean owner who drives him in spite of spavins and expects him to live on potato peelings.

Freedom does not always win. This is one of the bitterest lessons.

there's nothing like having to claw and scrape your way through a sea of molten lava to remind one to keep an eye on the details.

Lacking a pot, Pepys "shit in the chimney" twice one night, whereas the Yorkshire laborer Abram Ingham used his "clogg" [shoe] to "make water in." If all else failed, an Italian adage instructed, "You may piss a bed, and say you sweated."38

The New World failures may have been greater, the disasters more excessive, the consequences more brutal, but there's a bounce in every fall, a spit on the palm's new start for every setback.

It is hard to be brave, when you're only a Very Small Animal.

When stuck in the river, it is best to dive and swim to the bank yourself before someone drops a large stone on your chest in an attempt to hoosh you there.

It's a little Anxious," Piglet said to himself, "to be a Very Small Animal Entirely Surrounded by Water. Christopher Robin and Pooh could escape by Climbing Trees, and Kanga could escape by Jumping, and Rabbit could escape by Burrowing, and Owl could escape by Flying, and Eeyore could escape by -- by Making a Loud Noise Until Rescued, and here am I, surrounded by water and I can't do anything.

It is hard to be brave,' said Piglet, sniffing slightly, 'when you're only a Very Small Animal.

But, Eeyore," said Pooh, "was it a Joke, or an Accident? I mean--" "I didn't stop to ask, Pooh. Even at the very bottom of the river I didn't stop to say to myself, '*Is* this a Hearty Joke, or is it the Merest Accident?' I just floated to the surface, and said to myself, 'It's wet.' If you know what I mean.

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Raw or not, the women did their part and more. They traveled head to head with men, showing no more fear and asking no favor. ...... They had a kind of toughness in them that you might not think, seeing them in a parlor. So on a trail, women came to speak and men to listen almost as if to other men. It was lucky for the pride of men that few traveled with their wives to Oregon. They'd never quite believe again a woman was to look at but not to listen to.

That which does not break you leaves cause for celebration.

And while the sun and moon endure Luck's a chance but trouble's sure, I'd face it as a wise man would, And train for ill and not for good.

Her character, Mr. Wogan, is a tender and delicate plant. It will not grow under glass, but in a dark room, where I believe it flourishes most invisibly.

What must be done must be done, whatever the price, the cost, the pain. One day we all must walk through fire.

Un alma derrotada, torturada por sí misma,que habría podido hacer mucho de haber nacido en una época ó ambiente apropiado.

El temperamento y las circunstancias de este hombre desgraciado habían estado en guerra con su talento.

Enemy number one was now the disease. It had a presence as solid as that of a person - I think all serious illnesses do.

AKOBA: This is a general osogbo denoting things that are not good in our lives. While it is an osogbo in itself, Akoba works in conjunction with other osogbos to promote an environment of weakness and destruction. It can lead to sickness (Ano or Aro) and death (Ikú) if it is not fought.

Ma mère sait se sortir du pétrin. Ma mère fait ce qu'il y a à faire. Elle est une preuve que la vie fonctionne, même après une catastrophe.

Crying is no use, you know. We never cry, even though we aren't men yet, like you