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Quotes About Adversity

You had the courage to commit those deeds, now have courage when your pursuers and justice are close at hand.
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
The line snapped with a crack and both fishermen, losing their balance, fell onto the wet sand. "Bloody hell!" Dandelion yelled so loud the echo resounded through the osiers. "So much grub escaped! I hope you die, you son-of-a-catfish!
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
Das kommt vor<, erklärte der Hexer, den Blick auf die Pfeilspitzen gerichtet. >Mach dir nichts draus. Es ist keine Schande, vor Angst zu verblöden.<
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
Every sentient creature on this earth, when it falls into want, poverty and misfortune, usually cleaves to his own. Because it's easier to survive the bad times in a group, helping one another. But you, humans, you just wait for a chance to make money from other people's mishaps.
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
Now they are afraid, but hunger will overcome their fear.
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
Inter arma silent Musae.
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
When hit, you give a note which shows you're fashioned of pure steel, unlike these men molded from bird shit.
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
La sventura si comportò secondo l'antichissimo uso delle sventure e degli avvoltoi: rimase qualche tempo sospesa su di loro, aspettando il momento opportuno per sferrare l'attacco.
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
Id? przez ogieÅ" i wodÄ™, nie ustawaj , wstecz siÄ™ nie oglÄ…daj. A gdy ju? zedrÄ… siÄ™ chodaki, gdy zetrze siÄ™ kostur ?elazny, gdy ju? od wiatru i ?alu wyschnÄ… twe oczy tak, ?e ju? ni jedna Å'za z nich wypÅ'yn?? nie zdoÅ'a, wówczas na koÅ"cu Å›wiata odnajdziesz to, czego szukasz i to, co kochasz. By? mo?e.
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
You have to, you know? Otherwise you catch fear." "What?" "You catch fear," Ciri repeated proudly, brushing her ashen fringe from her forehead. "Didn't you know? Even when something bad happens to you, you have to go straight back to that piece of equipment or you get frightened. And if you're frightened you'll be hopeless at the exercise. You mustn't give up. Geralt said so.
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
You catch fear," Ciri repeated proudly, brushing her ashen fringe from her forehead. "Didn't you know? Even when something bad happens to you, you have to go straight back to that piece of equipment or you get frightened. And if you're frightened you'll be hopeless at the exercise. You mustn't give up. Geralt said so.
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
Staré pÃ…â"¢ísloví Ã…â"¢íká: když je nem?žeÅ¡ porazit, tak se k nim pÃ…â"¢idej…
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
Pro?pak jsi nejel po hlavní cestÄ›?" "Caldemeyne, na hlavních cestách práci nenajdu.
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
Battle not with monsters, lest ye become a monster; for if you gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes back into you. Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
No one wants to suffer. But yet it is our lot. And some suffer more. Not necessarily by choice. The point is not the bearing of suffering. The point is how it is borne.
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
Czasami my?la?em o ludziach, którzy to wszystko zaczynaj?. Wstaj? rano, maj? odwag? i si??, a potem patrz?, jak to, czego dokonali, rozpada si?. I znowu zaczynaj? wszystko od pocz?tku. Jakby byli g?upi albo bohaterscy. W ka?dym razie niezniszczalni. Podziwia?em ich.
~ Andrzej Stasiuk
Dlaczego kraj, który i tak ma nieustannie przesrane – bo a to Ruscy, a to Niemcy, a to Tatarzy, a to w?asna szlachta, a to w?asna g?upota – dodatkowo straumatyzowano najwi?ksz? tragedi? ostatnich stuleci?!
~ Andrzej Stasiuk
Najwi?kszym k?opotem Polski jest to, ?e sama siebie pu?ci z torbami. I nie b?dzie do tego potrzebny ?aden ?yd, tak jak nie trzeba by?o ?adnego rosyjskiego zamachu, ?eby rozbi? Polsk? i urz?dzi? jej ma?? wojn? domow?.
~ Andrzej Stasiuk
Every man of character will have that character questioned. Every man of honor and courage will be faced with unjust criticism, but never forget that unjust criticism has no impact whatsoever upon the truth. And the only sure way to avoid criticism is to do nothing and be nothing.
~ Andy Andrews
What would you think if I told you that, yes, your bad choices and decisions have had a part in your ending up under this pier, but beyond that, under this pier is exactly where you should be in order for a future to occur that you can't even imagine at this point?
~ Andy Andrews
Does adversity build character? . . . It does not. Almost all people can stand adversity of one sort or another. If you want to test a person's character, give him power.
~ Andy Andrews
Do battle with the challenges of your present, and you will unlock the prizes of your future.
~ Andy Andrews
Every single day for the rest of your life, somebody is going to push you in the pool. And you'd better decide now how you're going to act when it happens>
~ Andy Andrews
Adversity is preparation for greatness.
~ Andy Andrews