Quotes About Adversity

And I will not be beaten by that jackass." "Jackass?" said Foaly, wounded. "My favorite uncle is a jackass.

I am swimming with sharks and I am prepared to become one of them.

Gustavo Solivellas dice: No es lo que te ocurre, sino cómo reaccionas lo que importa (Epíteto)

The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.

If evil be said of thee, and if it be true, correct thyself; if it be a lie, laugh at it.

A ship should not ride on a single anchor, nor life on a single hope

I must die. Must I then die lamenting? I must be put in chains. Must I then also lament? I must go into exile. Does any man then hinder me from going with smiles and cheerfulness and contentment?

Difficulty shows what men are. Therefore when a difficulty falls upon you, remember that God, like a trainer of wrestlers, has matched you with a rough young man. Why? So that you may become an Olympic conqueror; but it is not accomplished without sweat.

You may fetter my leg, but Zeus himself cannot get the better of my free will.

Difficulty shows what men are.

Epictetus being asked how a man should give pain to his enemy answered, By preparing himself to live the best life that he can.

Neither should a ship rely on one small anchor, nor should life rest on a single hope.

Man, what are you talking about? Me in chains? You may fetter my leg but my will, not even Zeus himself can overpower.

Those who are well constituted in the body endure both heat and cold: and so those who are well constituted in the soul endure both anger and grief and excessive joy and the other affects.

Very little is needed for everything to be upset and ruined, only a slight lapse in reason.

Everyone's life is a warfare, and that long and various.

Sick and yet happy, in peril and yet happy, dying and yet happy, in exile and happy, in disgrace and happy.

Remember from now on whenever something tends to make you unhappy, draw on this principle: 'This is no misfortune; but bearing with it bravely is a blessing.

The knowledge of what is mine and what is not mine, what I can and cannot do. I must die. But must I die bawling? I must be exiled; but is there anything to keep me from going with a smile, calm and self-composed?

You will never have to experience defeat if you avoid contests whose outcome is outside your control.

Disease is an impediment to the body, but not to the will, unless the will itself chooses. Lameness is an impediment to the leg, but not to the will. And add this reflection on the occasion of everything that happens; for you will find it an impediment to something else, but not to yourself.

Who, then, is the invincible human being? One who can be disconcerted by nothing that lies outside the sphere of choice.

CIRCUMSTANCES DON'T MAKE THE MAN, THEY ONLY REVEAL HIM TO HIMSELF

Disease is an impediment to the body, but not to the will, unless the will itself chooses. Lameness is an impediment to the leg, but not to the will. And add this reflection on the occasion of everything that happens; for you will find it an impediment to something else, but not to yourself. X