Quotes About Adversity

In every adversity there lies the seed of an equivalent advantage. In every defeat is a lesson showing you how to win the victory next time.

So you got your reward; you got kicked in the teeth. That means you were doing good work. Getting kicked in the teeth is the reward for good work.

Life is like crossing a stream on a path of stepping stones; if it wobbles step back and reassess the path but always keep moving forward.

June recalls as a child being raised in a loveless home: "I remember climbing up on the stool in the morning to get the cereal down from the cupboard. And when I took a bath, I took it alone. I didn't have rubber duckies or anything like that to play with. My grandmother would leave me and come back thirty minutes later to see me shivering in the cold water.

The town was full of murderers, gamblers and whores, few of whom might be called upon to set aside their differences and fight against the supernatural forces of evil.

The whole company of Buffalo Soldiers had been reduced to six men

the reverend was back on his feet

like cornered rats, the people of Hellion would not go down without a fight.

Sometimes if you have financial restraints, it's a benefit. It forces you to come up with a more creative way.

Somestimes if you have financial restraints, it's a benefit. It force you to come up with a more creative way.

losing it on the world. But even if the

But I will agree that I think that things happen with people in relationships, that you might have been able to enjoy Morocco, say, if you weren't getting out of a bad marriage. You know what I mean?

the walls were down, the only thing I could do was rebuild.

When ninety-five percent of your life is good, don't sweat the other five percent.

every cross we bear is an opportunity.

The world played chess, while I played checkers.

el mundo no se detiene para que uno pueda compadecerse de sí mismo. Un día te despiertas y te das cuenta de que tienes que seguir caminando, porque… porque no puedes hacer otra cosa.

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Tyson replied, "Everyone has a plan, until they get punched in the mouth.

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Her muscles cramped and eventually seized. When

It's just such a lost feeling to not know who I am, or how I fit in this world. I had no choice but to forge ahead . . . stiff upper lip and all. But from where I was forging . . . I didn't have a center post to ground me.

Tyson had risen to sudden stardom with his ferocious boxing style. When asked why he never deviated from his attack, no matter the opponent, Tyson replied, "Everyone has a plan, until they get punched in the mouth.

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