Quotes About Adversity

Hattie had learned, over the years, to put her own fears in a box at the back of her mind, to stand tall and brave, to be resilient to whatever enemy presented itself.

The tragedies we endure shape our lives: we carry them like shadows

You're facing your demons. You'll come out stronger.

We did not make this world...and our childhood inclinations about how to succeed in it turn out to be wrong: often our courage is needed not to dramatically change reality but to accept it and persist in it.

Expect change. Accept death. Enjoy life. As Marcus Aurelius explained, the brains that got you through the troubles you have had so far will get you through any troubles yet to come.

You cannot expect life to go wonderfully. Terrible things might not be happening now...but they will. Probably to you. Your job is to accept that and live a nice life anyway.

Your hope lies in accepting your life as it now lies before you, forever changed. If you can do that, the peace you seek will follow. Forever changed. I am forever changed.

You need shoving, not pushing. You need to jump back on that camel. Otherwise you're going to stay up on the ledge you've made for yourself.

What if life could be this way? Only the happy parts, none of the terrible, not even the mildly unpleasant. What if we could just cut out the bad and keep the good?

My beloved boat is broken on the rocks of daily life. I've paid my debts and no longer need to count pains I've suffered at the hands of others. The misfortunes and the insults. Good luck to those who remain.

it's time I fear.

Better to be the hunter than the hunted. Even if you're hunting yourself.

The bad news: surviving this will be the second worst experience of your life. The good news: the worst is already over.

when life suddenly changes and you're left picking up the pieces. She says it's actually how you pick up the pieces that defines you.

Your hope lies in accepting your life as is now lies before you, forever changed. If you can do that, the peace you seek will follow.

The bad moments always have a way of coming around again, way too soon.

As long as you live, there's always something waiting; and even if it's bad, what can you do? You can't stop living.

It's funny how the bad things stay with you and the good things sometimes get lost.

Worthless. Stupid. These are the words I grew up hearing. They're the words I try to outrun, because if I let them in, until the only thing left of me is worthless stupid worthless stupid worthless stupid freak. And then there's nothing to do but run harder and fill myself with other words...

Even if that something blew up in my face, I figure running toward is still better than running away

But here's the thing- even if there aren't any aneurysms in there, these facts won't change: I will still be someone who watches; I will still be someone who is prepared and on the lookout, because at any moment the earth could stop spinning. I've lived through the worst thing that can ever happen to me, and I know firsthand what the world can do.

That's how she used to feel before any of this happened – strong and sturdy, like she could withstand a tornado.

You are a survivor, and as that unwelcome designation implies, your survival - your emotional survival - will depend on how well you learn to cope with your tragedy. The bad new: Surviving this will be the second worst experience of your life. The good news: The worst is already over.

But the means—he was less certain that the means were above reproach. But what can a man do, or a woman either, but use what comes to hand?