Quotes About Adversity

We are made by what we are asked to bear, Ling Chan," he'd said.

But you've changed,' I whisper. 'Haven't you?' It is the scorpian's nature to sting. Just because he has no opportunity doesn't mean that he cannot.

This is the world we live in, Gemma, for better or for worse. Make of it what you can, he says, and I pull him to me.

What happens if your choice is misguided, You must try to correct it But what if it's too late? What if you can't? Then you must find a way to live with it.

It's always darkest before the ultimate sparkle.

This is how it is now. There is strength in acceptance, Ling. Your legs have been taken from you. But how you choose to live with that has not.

Prepared to fly, even if she has to loose her legs to do it

No, you're right. I shan't ever understand your willingness to lie down and die, Felicity barks. If you won't at least try to fight, I have no sympathy for you.

We are made by what we are asked to bear, Ling Chan

People will disappoint you, Gemma. The question to ask is whether you can learn to live with the disappointment and move on.

Miss New Mexico stared, dumbfounded. Stand out? Stand out? I have a freaking tray stuck in my forehead! She broke into fresh sobs. Taylor clapped for attention. Miss New Mexico, let's not get all down in the bummer basement where the creepy things live. There are people in heathen China who don't even have airline trays. We have a lot to be grateful for.

But we can't live in the light all of the time. You have to take whatever light you can hold into the dark with you." I

Capítulo 13: onde sou hospitalizado, tenho um encontro com um anjo e outras coisas estranhas e irritantes.

Ordinary people were capable of extraordinary bravery.

It reminds us that even in the midst of chaos and terror, there is the capacity for change.

Before the devil breaks you, first he will make you love him.

Today is a hard day. Sometimes, there are hard days. Days stretched so tight with pain that they seem as if they can allow no room for hope.

Cuando el mundo avanza demasiado rápido para algunas personas, éstas intentan hacernos retroceder a todos con su miedo.

Lincoln Child

As much as I want to make things right, some chasms are simply too treacherous to traverse.

When confronted with negative circumstances, we have a choice: Will we pray about the problem or will we worry about it?

Consider the work of God, for who is able to straighten what He has bent? In the day of prosperity be happy, but in the day of adversity consider — God has made the one as well as the other so that man may not discover anything that will be after him. (Ecclesiastes 7:13-14, NASB)

Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of overcoming it.

It was amazing how flowers could grow in the damnedest places, but the Devlin weed patch had sprouted quite a wildflower in Faith.