Quotes About Adversity

My grandmother had the most dramatic effect on my life because she set me in one direction, and I had to go back the other direction for my sanity, and for my ability to be a social human being.

There is, though, nothing that prepares us for the worst things in our life. There is nothing you can do to stop the shock, or buffer the pain.

The weird, weird thing about devastating loss is tha life actually goes on.

If only life were that simple; if one could jump to the good parts and flick through the bad.

Life is a wonderful thing to talk about, or to read about in history books - but it is terrible when one has to live it.

There will always be some curve balls in your life. Teach your children to thrive in that adversity.

What a terrible thing life can be.

If all it takes is an angry stranger to ruin your day, what are you going to do if something really serious happens? Why give someone else control of your life like that?

Right before my eyes, I could see my life going away from me and there was nothing I could do.

I want a house that has got over all its troubles; I don't want to spend the rest of my life bringing up a young and inexperienced house.

Problems may only be avoided by exercising good judgment. Good judgment may only be gained by experiencing life's problems.

If life throws you a lemon - make lemonade.

I've gone through a lot of stuff in my life so far. There are stories I haven't really been able to tell.

If you're going to do anything great in life, there will be opposition, setbacks, delays and critics. When you have big dreams, you're going to have big challenges.

People who are genuinely involved in life, not just living a routine they've contrived to protect them from disaster, always seem to have more demanded of them than they can easily take on.

Yes it's difficult. Yes it's horrible. Yes it's the worst thing that has ever happen in my whole life. But I just can't give up.

And I reminded myself that it's easy to be grateful for the obvious blessings in life, much harder to be grateful for the tough moments and the lessons they teach.

You don't throw away a whole life just because it's banged up a little.

If you cannot see the bright side of life, polish the dull side.

You have to hold on to what you find because life has a way of throwing you curve balls that you never expect.

Watch out for life ... It's harder than it looks.

As a young person, you have no fixed address, no studio, no money for materials, so I made things sort of on the run. That life doesn't favor the stability and spatial demands of painting.

You start with a darkness to move through but sometimes the darkness moves through you.

I've always had life threats, and they've always been for real.