Quotes About Adversity

I don't see how in the course of having to make endless decisions one can avoid some mistakes.

What could a Prime Minister at that time and in such desperate conditions say that was not pathetically inadequate—or even downright dangerous?" To Battersby, it typified "the uniquely unpredictable magic that was Churchill"—his ability to transform "the despondent misery of disaster into a grimly certain stepping stone to ultimate victory.

Always remember, Clemmie, that I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me.

But one thing was quite clear…" he wrote. "[B]eing broke didn't disturb me in the least. I had started with nothing, and if I now found myself with nothing, I was at least even. Actually

But one thing was quite clear…" he wrote. "[B]eing broke didn't disturb me in the least. I had started with nothing, and if I now found myself with nothing, I was at least even. Actually, I was much better than even: I had had a wonderful time.

adversity alone has the unique power to inspire exceptional clarity, purge any vestiges of lethargy, refocus your priorities, hone your character, and unleash your most potent forces.

Ruining is a gift .. it's the way of changing.

It's like strapping toothpicks onto a newborn colt and telling him to walk. Wearing heels is a sport and I don't want to play.

Sometimes you're on top and things are easy. Sometimes you're on the bottom. There's no need to let it worry you.

Laughter rises out of tragedy when you need it the most, and rewards you for your courage.

Laugh now, cry later.

When the going gets tough, the tough make cookies.

If Life is a Bowl of Cherries, What Am I Doing in the Pits?

Okies who had just stepped into the corridor long enough to get a tin can of water for our boiling radiator. There are other stories, other dilemmas, but the characters never change. We're always standing around, unwashed, uncurled, harried, penniless, memory gone, no lipstick, no hose, unmatched shoes, and using the dirtiest cloth in the house to bind our wounds. Makes

It is all right to say, with Adler, that mental illness is due to problems in living,-but we must remember that life itself is the insurmountable problem.

There is a time to silence an adversary with the honey of logical persuasion, and there is a time to silence him with the argument of a heavily directed club.

To escape from fire men will plunge into boiling water.

But life isn't hard to manage when you've nothing to lose.

The real reason for not committing suicide is because you always know how swell life gets again after the hell is over.

This was a big storm and he might as well enjoy it. It was ruining everything, but you might as well enjoy it

We're stronger in the places that we've been broken.

Intelligence is so damn rare and the people who have it often have such a bad time with it that they get bitter or propagandistic and then it's not much use.

He was just a coward and that was the worst luck any many could have.

Nobody climbs on skis now and almost everybody breaks their legs but maybe it is easier in the end to break your legs than to break your heart although they say that everything breaks now and that sometimes, afterwards, many are stronger at the broken places.