Quotes About Adversity

?Things are going to get worse before they get better, aren?t they??

For every bad thing in life, there are more good things to tip the balance.

Adrian. He was the reason I was able to survive in this prison. And he was also the reason I was here in the first place.

Good can still exist when bad things happen, just as evil persists when good things happen." - Carter to Georgina

That's not fair," I said. "Georgina," he said simply. "We're in Hell.

Sometimes the greatest tests of our strength are situations that don't seem obviously dangerous. Sometimes surviving is the hardest thing of all. -Abe

Bad things are always going to happen," my father had told me in his last year. "There's no way to avoid that. Our control comes in how we face them. Do we let them crush us, making us despondent? Do we face them unflinchingly and endure the pain? Do we outsmart them?

You destroy my life then feed me inspirational philosophy.

He was hiding from his problems in a bottle, something that went against every piece of my nature. Me? I couldn?t let my problems win without a fight.

It won't be that simple though, will it?' She sounded wise beyond her years. 'Things are going to get worse before they get better, aren't they?

Sometimes the greatest tests of our strenght are situations that don´t seem so obviously dangerous. Sometimes surviving is the hardest thing of all.

Sí, pero nosotros estamos vivos, Rose. No podemos dejar de vivir porque otras personas estén muertas

Ah my daughter. Eighteen and already you've been accused of murder, aided felons and acquired a death count higher than most guardians will ever see. I couldn't be prouder." - Abe Mazure

I lifted the lid and found a piece of bread and some water—and a rat that quickly darted off the tray. Talk about adding insult to injury.

We can retreat and retreat and let ourselves get backed into corners forever. Or we can go out and meet the enemy at the time and place we choose. Not them.

Bad things are always going to happen. There's no way to avoid that. Our control comes in how we face them. Do we let them crush us, making us despondent? Do we face the unflinchingly and endure the pain? Do we outsmart them?

You make a joke out of everything. Life's too painful not to.

This is how we must always be—strong and resilient, no matter what's around us.

Life, unfortunately, doesn't seem to care what we want. Act now while you can actually stop it from being a disaster.

I fight everyday to not let the past overtake me. Sometimes I win, sometimes it does.

Usually the most we feared from humans was either running into crazy slayer types

Why did you come here?" he asked at last. "Because you hit me on the head and dragged me here." If I was going to die, I was going to go in true Rose style. Mead, Richelle (2009-08-07). Blood Promise: A Vampire Academy Novel (p. 291). Penguin Young Readers Group. Kindle Edition.

I realized then that I was taking the first approach to this "bad thing" with Lionel: I was letting it crush me. And so, I decided then and there that I would choose the nobler, unflinching approach. I would endure the pain.

What doesn't kill me... Better start running!