Quotes About Adversity

Usually when people are sad, they don't do anything. They just cry over their condition. But when they get angry, they bring about a change.

Uno sabe que tiene madera de villano cuando descubre en cada límite ajeno un desafío propio.

Para valer la pena, una vida debe ser digna de contarse, me digo cada vez que me va mal, porque ya sé que los destinos torcidos se parecen a la rueda de la fortuna. No importa qué tan arriba o abajo estés, de todos modos vas a dar la vuelta.

Counsel in trouble gives small comfort when help is past remedy.

In my experience, men who respond to good fortune with modesty and kindness are harder to find than those who face adversity with courage. For in the very nature of things, success tends to create pride and blindness in the hearts of men, while suffering teaches them to be patient and strong.

At least you're still learning a lot. Even if everything is broken.

This was Beijing. A city that never showed its gentle side. You'd die if you didn't fight with it, and there was no end to the fight. Beijing was a city for Sisyphus—you could push and push and push, but ultimately that stone was bound to roll back on you.

The road is not difficult because of rivers or mountains. It is difficult because of your fear of the rivers and mountains.

Dost ve dü?man herkes bilsin ki kazanaca??z. Mutlaka kazanaca??z!

Everything will work out. Don't be afraid of breezes and scarves.

The pain is there; when you close one door on it, it knocks to come in somewhere else.

When you've suffered a great deal in life, each additional pain is both unbearable and trifling.

You might think I lost all hope at that point. I did. And as a result I perked up and felt much better.

My mom always told me that the one thing that people make fun of you for when you're little, will be the one thing they'll respect you for when you get older.

La fortune, comme l,infortune, est une épreuve, et notre vocation est de la surmonter. (p.315)

Quelle que soit l'ampleur des dégâts, aucun cataclysme n'empêchera la Terre de tourner.

Existence has taught me that a man can live on love and fresh water, on crumbs and promises, but he can never survive insults. And insults are all I've known since I came into the world. Every morning. Every evening. That's all I've seen for my whole life.

Celui qui se relève de ses faux pas aura gagné l'estime des dieux. De toutes les couleurs qu'on lui en a fait voir, il construira un arc-en-ciel.

Thy can take everything you own --your property, your best years, all your joys, all your good works, everything down to your last shirt --but you'll always have your dreams, so you can reinvent your stolen world.

They can take everything you own --your property, your best years, all your joys, all your good works, everything down to your last shirt-- but you'll always have your dreams, so you can reinvent your stolen world.

The can take everything you own- your property, your best years, all your joys, all your good works, everything down to your last shirt- but you'll always have your dreams, so you can reinvent your stolen world.

Misery is a dead end that stops at a brick wall. If you want to escape it, you must back out carefully, never taking your eyes off the wall. That way, it looks as though the wall is receding.

VÅ¡echno ti m?žou vzít: majetek, nejkrásnÄ›jÅ¡í léta, vÅ¡echny radosti, vÅ¡echny zásluhy, i poslední koÅ¡ili - nikdo ti ale nem?že vzít tvé sny, a s nimi budeÅ¡ moci znovu vytvoÃ…â"¢it svÄ›t, o který tÄ› pÃ…â"¢ipravili.

On peut tout te prendre ; tes biens, tes plus belles années, l'ensemble de tes joies, et l'ensemble de tes mérites, jusqu'à ta dernière chemise – il te restera toujours tes rêves pour réinventer le monde que l'on t'a confisqué.