Quotes About Adversity

We are like the phoenix," said Abuelita. "Rising again, with a new life ahead of us.

Those of us who refuse to risk and grow get swallowed up by life.

we're allowed to make a lot of mistakes in our lives, except the mistake that destroy us

Life is made of our attitudes. And there are certain things that the gods oblige us to live through. Their reason for this does not matter, and there is no action we can take to make them pass us by.

Every Warrior of the Light has suffered for the most trivial of reasons.

Your dreams may not be happening, and things aren't turning out the way you expected, but that doesn't mean your life is spinning out of control. It just means you're not in control.

How happy is the Optimist / To whom life shows its sunny side / His horse may lose, his ship may list, / But he always sees the funny side.

Backing down can become a way of life.

I try to view the challenges in my life not as annoyances, but as confirmations of fortitude.

Misfortunes one can endure--they come from outside, they are accidents. But to suffer for one's own faults--ah!--there is the sting of life.

All trials are trials for one's life, just as all sentences are sentences of death.

Thou water turn'st to wine, fair friend of life; Thy foe, to cross the sweet arts of Thy reign, Distils from thence the tears of wrath and strife, And so turns wine to water back again.

Doctors said 'go home and enjoy what little is left of your life'. He recovered.

Sometimes in tragedy we find our life's purpose - the eye sheds a tear to find its focus.

Sometimes I think my life would make a great TV movie. It even has the part where they say, "Stand by. We are experiencing temporary difficulties.

There is nothing worse than a life filled with adversity from which nothing good ever comes.

A depressing and difficult passage has prefaced every page I have turned in life.

(The movie) is the story of my life, but it's not about me. It's about anybody who ever dreamed big and had someone tell them, 'No, you can't do it.' You can.

I think everything that happens in life we're prepared for in ways we really don't really know.

All nights end, and all storms clear. The only storms that last are those within your own soul.

I refuse to allow a disability to determine how I live my life. I don't mean to be reckless, but setting a goal that seems a bit daunting actually is very helpful toward recovery.

If life hands you lemons,keep them. Because, hey, free lemons.-T-Shirt

I am my own worst enemy. This, more than any other trait, proves my fundamental humanity.

Don't let anything or anyone define you. You are what you are because of what you make of tough situations in your life.