Quotes About Adversity

Once being hard pressed in wrestling, and fearing to be thrown, he got the hand of his antagonist to his mouth, and bit it with all his force; and when the other loosed his hold presently, and said, "You bite, Alcibiades, like a woman." "No," replied he, "like a lion." Another

To make no mistakes is not in the power of man; but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future.

Adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.

It's not easy. It's not supposed to be easy. Most people make mistakes. Most people have to learn the hardest lessons more than once.

From our deepest wounds come our greatest gifts.

Fate is often like a canoe after you've lost your paddles.

Fortune is a giver and a taker.

Did you get it back?" "Of coarse, the very next day. And even if I hadn't-because there have been things I've been asked to give up for good... Well, over the years here I've learned that sometimes a great loss is also a great gain." Under the slowly swirling freckles, Doc's face looked infinitely sad. Somehow I didn't find that reassuring.

The test of true virtue in a man surely resides in his capacity to bear with spirit and with dignity the most complete transformations of fortune

Maybe they did what they had to do to live, and tried to get a little love and have a little fun before the darkness took them.

It reminded me that illness will always be with you as long as life is with you. And tragedy will be with you too.

Was all the hardship there to demonstrate how unlucky I was, or was I actually a very lucky person given that I'd survived so much?

There is no other road than the one we take, hard though it be. And no man outlives his weird. Best to meet it bravely, face to face.

Evolution is cut-and-try.

he said, and wondered if the engineers would ever be able to find the breaking strength of the human spirit. He felt very near to giving way.

You'll either be killed, young man, or you'll do something that will force us to step on you, or you'll go far indeed.

Process not coming right means , we are not doing some thing RIGHT.

Selama penderitaan datang dari manusia, dia bukan bencana alam, dia pun pasti bisa dilawan oleh manusia.

Dengan melawan kita takkan sepenuh kalah,

Bagi orang atasan ingat-ingatlah itu Mas Nganten, tambah tinggi tempatnya tambah sakit jatuhnya. Orang rendahan ini boleh jatuh seribu kali, tapi ia selalu berdiri lagi. Dia ditakdirkan untuk sekian kali berdiri setiap hari.

Apabila rumah itu rusak, yang menempatinya pun rusak.

Mungkinkah seorang anak yang cengeng dalam perkembangannya barang dua puluh tahun kemudian bisa berubah jadi penentang dan pelawan? Bisa. Penderitaan tak tertanggungkan bisa mengakibatkan tiga macam sikap: menyerah tanpa syarat, melawan, atau membiarkan diri hancur. Mulyati memilih melawan.

Aku harus tabah, kubisikkan pada diri sendiri. Takkan ada yang menolong kau! Semua setan dan iblis sudah mengepung aku.

Secacat itu tapi masih berjuang! Mestinya perjuanganku lebih dari dia. Aku tidak cacat. Lebih, mesti! Lebih!