Quotes About Adversity

He said you couldn't pretend the terrible things in life didn't happen. You can't clean it up. You keep all the refuse and the scars. It's how you learn. And try to make improvements.

How life teaches us, breaks us, rewards us, and tears us apart... how it lifts us up and brings us down... the wonder of life.

And I realized that maybe none of us ever gets to choose our lives. Our only choice is to live the life that comes to us, or go down into darkness.

Fate is a funny character. She puts obstacles in your path to see what character ye have. Life isn't fair,life is a test.

Life is very hard. The only people who really live are those who are harder than life itself.

The unique thing about my life is the extent to which it took me on a path-business-I had no desire to walk.

Life itself is short, but lasts longer than misfortunes.

An easy life doesn't teach us anything. In the end it's the learning that matters: what we've learned and how we've grown

That's the whole story of my life: frustration. It's a chronic disease, and it's incurable.

This life is full of trials and tribulations, so you have to capture humor whenever and wherever you can find it.

Life is an unbroken succession of false situations.

10% of life is made up of what happens to you. 90% of life is decided by how you react.

Being diagnosed with diabetes can be a very scary thing, and it can easily make your life stand still for a moment.

Life is a terrible thing, thank God.

The Three-Step Emotional Rescue Plan described in this book isn't about having a perfect life or even a completely pain-free life. In the end, life is still life, with all of its challenges, mysteries, comedies, and tragedies. Some days may be stormier than others, but you know that sunshine will follow the blustery weather.

Johnny. Johnny wanted to run a marathon. He wanted to go mile upon mile, proving his lungs would not give out. Proving he was the man Granddad wanted him to be, proving his strength, though he was so small. His lungs filled with smoke. He has nothing to prove now. There is nothing to run for.

The heat brings to the surface all my weaknesses.

Weather is a great bluffer. I guess the same is true of our human society -- things can look dark, then a break shows in the clouds, and all is changed.

America makes prodigious mistakes, America has colossal faults, but one thing cannot be denied: America is always on the move. She may be going to Hell, of course, but at least she isn't standing still.

Always do what you're afraid to do. ... I will prove myself strong when they think I am sick. I will prove myself brave when they think I am weak.

I will prove myself strong when they think I am sick. I will prove myself brave when they think I am weak -Cady Sinclair

I used to be strong,but now I am weak. I used to be pretty,but now I look sick.

I think it was the institution...I was trying to master it.

we'll deal with it, because the good outweighs the bad.