Quotes About Adversity

You'll often encounter discrimination, envy, hate jealousy, and overt bullying during your daily interactions in the society. Don't let it put you off from your efforts to become what you always want to be - the best and the cut-above-the-rest like a Diamond. Never forget that you're the Diamond, and you must maintain your character, no matter what others say or do.

You'll often meet people who will try to belittle you. You mustn't get discouraged by their derogatory demeanor. The higher you soar, the smaller you'll always appear to those who cannot fly. You keep your spirits high, and continue to soar high in the sky; no matter what others say or do.

he was white in a world of affirmative action. Basically fucked.

But if you can confront your inner demons—" "I did confront my inner demon. I punched him in the face and he exploded." Valkyrie had to laugh. "But now he's back." "Of course he's back. He's resourceful. He is my inner demon, after all.

It's really not as bad as it sounds. I was attacked by a shark once, back when I was alive. Well, not so much a shark as a rather large fish. And not so much attacked as looked at menacingly. But it had murder in its eyes, that fish. I knew, in that instant, if our roles had been reversed and the fish had been holding the fishing pole and I had been the one to be caught, it wouldn't hesitate a moment before eating me. So I cooked it and ate before it had a chance to turn the tables.

Bravery is the acknowledgment and the conquering of fear.

The greatest enemy we can face is ourselves, and the greatest battle is against the darkness within.

You okay?" Amber asked. Kelly smiled. "I burned down the first house they kept me in," she said. "Then I took their phone and used it to transfer all their money to different charities...

A little internal bleeding never hurt anyone. - Valkyrie

The thought has occurred to me that maybe you'll only start flying when you absolutely need to,

I was going right for Mantis, but then that bloody gas got in my eyes and, I don't know, some massive bloke reared up in front of me. I hit him but I swear, it was like hitting a wall." Gracious nodded. "You hit a wall." Maybury blinked at him. "I what?" "I saw it. You ran into a cloud of gas and stumbled around for a second until you reached a wall, and then you shrieked and punched it. It was very heroic.

We all go through tough times." "My parents are trying to kill me." "We all have issues.

matter how sharp the corner they turned or how deep the pothole they plunged into, Ghastly and Tanith remained perfectly still. Fletcher, on the other hand, was being thrown about like an old shoe in a washing machine, and he did not appreciate it.

Things happen, Valkyrie, but life carries on regardless of how we feel.

Your traumas have made you who you are, but they don't define you. You can live with them, I have no doubt.

Remember it all, every insult, every tear. Tattoo it on the inside of your mind. In life, knowledge of poisons is essential. I've told you, nobody becomes an artist unless they have to.

Never let a few people that don't get you, shape you, into their limited knowledge of what you can become.

"Great suffering has a silver-lining that we can be grateful for, because it builds up a human being and puts him or her within reach of self-knowledge."

Our security doesn't come from turning away from the hard stuff; it comes from the knowledge that we can handle it.

The knowledge that you can handle anything that comes your way is the key to allowing yourself to take risks. ... security is not having things; it's handling things.

Knowing you might not make it... in that knowledge courage is born.

You ever stop to think they can't rob you of knowledge? They can strip you and you've still got it.

If they know nothing of victory, they are at least spared the knowledge of defeat.

Historic changes and challenges. Breakthroughs in human knowledge and opportunity. And yet, for vast numbers across the globe, the daily realities have not altered.