Quotes About Adversity

of compromise now. It's a fight to

War enables people to be what they really are…" Dieter Franck in Jackdaws

la guerra había hecho aflorar toda su fortaleza y su coraje

He knows that there's no better way in the world to aggravate somebody who's trying to make it hard for you than by acting like you're not bothered.

What the Chronics are - or most of us - are machines with flaws inside that can't be repaired, flaws born in, or flaws beat in over so many years of the guy running head-on into solid things that by the time the hospital found him he was bleeding rust in some vacant lot.

Because he knows you have to laugh at the things that hurt you just to keep yourself in balance, just to keep the world from running you plumb crazy.

He was in his chair in the corner, resting a second before he came out for the next round -- in a long line of next rounds. The thing he was fighting, you couldn't whip it for good. All you could do was keep on whipping it, till you couldn't come out anymore and somebody else had to take your place.

you have to laugh at the things that hurt you just to keep the world from running you plumb crazy

you have to laugh at the things that hurt you just to keep in balance. [Chief Bromden]

He knows that you have to laugh at the things that hurt you just to keep yourself in balance, just to keep the world from running you plumb crazy

What the Chronics are—or most of us—are machines with flaws inside that can't be repaired, flaws born in, or flaws beat in over so many years of the guy running head-on into solid things that by the time the hospital found him he was bleeding rust in some vacant lot.

Maybe he couldn't understand why we weren't able to laugh yet, but he knew you can't really be strong until you can see a funny side to things.

She don't lose on her losses, but she wins on ours. To beat her you don't have to whip her two out of three or three out of five, but every time you meet. As soon as you let down your guard, as soon as you lose once, she's won for good. And eventually we all got to lose. Nobody can help that.

You have to laugh at the things that hurt you just to keep yourself in balance, just to the world from running you plumb crazy

That first day still came about as close to undoing me completely, both physically and mentally, as any day had in almost a week.

I was born dead. Not you. You wasn't born dead. Ahhhh, it's been hard...

You can turn your weaknesses into strengths.

This is the West. We expect things to be tough out here.

The almost insoluble task is to let neither the power of others, nor our own powerlessness, stupefy us.

If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster And treat those two impostors just the same.

Your problems are good. They are power in disguise.

Prosperity has no power over adversity.

I lived by the candlelight for two years because I couldn't afford power. It was nice and romantic at the time, but if you can't afford power you're pretty broke. You endure it.

The more people challenge us, the more power we gain. We become stronger not under the tiny raindrops but under the huge hailstone!