Quotes About Adversity

Education today does not impart to the students the capacity or grit to face the challenges of daily life. The educational field has become the playing ground of ignorance.

I'm the only person I know that's lost a quarter of a billion dollars in one year. It's very character-building.

Life's not about how hard of a hit you can give... it's about how many you can take, and still keep moving forward.

Life isn't easy, life isn't fair, when you get your chance, make sure you take it.

When life hands you a lemon, squeeze it and make lemonade.

In real life it is always the anvil that breaks the hammer.

I usually don't get too bogged down with my personal problems because that's a one-way street if you get yourself into a negative frame of mind and only see the dark side of life.

Disease, insanity, and death were the angels that attended my cradle, and since then have followed me throughout my life.

Ultimately life is disease, death and oblivion. It's still better than high school.

It isn't the ups and downs that make life difficult; it's the jerks.

If at times our actions seem to make life difficult for others, it is only because history has made life difficult for us all.

Life becomes inspiring, not in spite of the problems and the hard hits, but because of them.

My life is full of broken halos.

By releasing control over circumstances, you gain more control over your life.

You cannot learn to skate without making yourself ridiculous - the ice of life is slippery.

Besides, life isn't meant to be safe. It's only in our mistakes, our errors, and our faults that we grow and truly live.

If I begin my book with a review of the coup, it is only to show that my abiding interests for Australia did not end with it. They shall end only with a long and fortunate life.

When life gives you lemons, you exchange them at the store for something more edible.

Life hath quicksands, Life hath snares!

Seek that which within lies waiting to begin the fight of your life that is everyday.

Whatever happens in my life, whether I stand up or I fall down, whatever the case, I'm going to use it in my art. Why? Because I'm an artist and I have to.

I was on the verge of jumping into one of those holes in life out of which we emerge a bit tattered and bloody, though we remain sure nonetheless that we had to make the jump.

Life is difficult for those who have the daring to first set out on an unknown road. The avant-garde always has a bad time of it.

Life is never a straight line - it's peaks and valleys. Why would you want to be the same person every day of your life?