Quotes About Adversity

The entire human condition can be summed up like that: it could be worse.

Dès que j'ai atteint mon indépendance, un logement habité par moi a d'emblée ressemblé à un débarras squatté par des réfugiés politiques, prêts à déguerpir à la moindre descente de police.

Cualquiera que viva un infierno durable o pajero puede, para enfrentarse a él, recurrir a la técnica mental más gratificantes de cuantas existen: contarse un cuento.

If Satan can weaken or destroy the loving relationships among members of families, he can cause more misery and more unhappiness for more people than he could in any other way.

Enemies make you stronger, allies make you weaker.

Experiencing criticism definitely makes you a little weaker at times, but in the end, it's made me a lot stronger. It's made me have conviction about something that I can stand for. It's made me want to fight for something.

What doesn't kill you, if you use it to make yourself stronger, then you will get stronger. But if you let it beat you down, then you will be weaker.

The weaker the country, the stronger the smile.

I don't want to come across as a victim with a sob story. I've got a fantastic life. I'm not a victim. I thank the bullies out there for making me who I am. Some people become weaker, but the bullies made me stronger.

After having polio, my right leg was weaker, so I wasn't great at football. But I swam lots and even did long-distance running.

It is always easier to accept defeat when you were the weaker team.

I went into hospital with left-side weakness and speech problems and was diagnosed with a stroke. And then I was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.

A hero is someone who, in spite of weakness, doubt or not always knowing the answers, goes ahead and overcomes anyway.

Every team has its weakness, and every team has its strength.

We live in a world where to admit anything negative about yourself is seen as a weakness, when it's actually a strength. It's not a weak move to say, 'I need help.' In the long run, it's way better, because you have to fix it.

My patience level can be my weakness, but I know I can deal with anyone.

If people think they've found my biggest weakness, let them try to take advantage of it.

Dealing with depression effectively is a mark not of weakness, but of strength.

You find strength in your moments of weakness.

I think, in a lot of ways, Kanye's superpower is his weakness - if you tell him he can't do something, he's going to go hard at it.

Sometimes you have to embrace weakness.

I have ever been the queerest mixture of weakness and strength, and have paid heavily for the weakness.

Showing weakness and showing fear and letting people in was a huge part of my comeback.

Lack of consistency is a weakness shared by all nations.