Quotes About Adversity

We accept them if we are strong enough. Or we accept them enough to not let the bad parts become the entire story.

The calm continueth not long without a storm," he said. "You lost me there." "The origin of the expression, the calm before the storm," he said. "From an unknown source in the sixteenth century. But it started a little different than how it's evolved. I like it more. The original idea that the calm can't last, not if you're really living. If you're living fully, the storm's coming to get you.

SEALs, like the name said, were trained to operate in all conditions - SEa, Air, Land. But Stuffy Victorian Hotel Lobby hadn't made the list.

It can't beat us! Pa said. Can't it, Pa? Laura asked stupidly. No, said Pa. It's got to quit sometime and we don't. It can't lick us. We won't give up. Then Laura felt a warmth inside her. It was very small but it was strong. It was steady, like a tiny light in the dark, and it burned very low but no winds could make it flicker because it would not give up.

Laura Ingalls Wilder

Pa took her hand and comforted it in his big one. He said, "We must do the best we can, Laura, and not grumble. What must be done is best done cheerfully.

Laura had only a corncob wrapped in a handkerchief, but it was a good doll. It was named Susan.

and the "Devil's Hornpipe.

Laura Ingalls Wilder

The creek would go down. It would be a gentle, pleasant place to play in again. But nobody could make it do that. Nobody could make it do anything. Laura knew now that there were things stronger than anybody. But the creek had not got her. It had not made her scream and it could not make her cry

has been ridden, but better head her onto the plowed ground. It will be harder going for her—so she won't be so frisky—and a soft place for you to light if you fall off." So when Laura was safely in the saddle

As she floundered on, plunging into the deep snow, she suddenly laughed aloud. Well, she thought, here I am. I dread to go on and I would not go back.

That was Laura, because she was so small.

In the bitter cold weather Pa could not be sure of finding any wild game to shoot for meat. The

I've never understood why people choose to do the things that are hardest for them.

the loss of certainty as a child had prepared Clara to expect the worst;

Expect the worst, because the worst is so often true, but have belief, have faith, have compassion.

Just walk up to your hell & give it a push. Run through it & i'll be waiting on the other side.

Peaks and valleys. That's what life comes down to, in the end. Fucking geography.

Some children grow stronger in the broken places, like bones; others grow sadder. I did both.

Lauraine Snelling

Sticks and stones will break your bones, but failure will get you killed.

You can't kill us all, human.' He was right. I raised the machine gun a little. 'True, but who's going to be first in line?

Is it better to outmonster the monsters or to be quietly devoured?