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Quotes About Adversity

She looked the same, looked just like anyone, but she saw the world differently after that. To be a physically powerful woman—it was something. You could go anywhere, do anything, if you were difficult to hurt.
~ E. Lockhart
Suffer. You could say it means endure, but that's not exactly right.
~ E. Lockhart
I will prove myself strong, when they think I am sick. I will prove myself brave, when they think I am weak.
~ E. Lockhart
Suffer. You could say it means to endure, but that's not exactly right
~ E. Lockhart
F I suffer migraines I endure
~ E. Lockhart
Bu dünya berbat bir yer, hepsi bu.
~ E. Lockhart
I will prove myself brave when they think I am weak.
~ E. Lockhart
I like the idea of a motto,' she goes on. 'I think an inspirational quote can get you through hard times.' 'Like what?' asks Gat. Mirren pauses. Then she says, 'be a little kinder than you have to.
~ E. Lockhart
I will prove myself strong, when they think I am sick. I will prove myself brave, when they think I am weak. (p.142)
~ E. Lockhart
Failure and success seem to have been allotted to men by their stars. But they retain the power of wriggling, of fighting with their star or against it, and in the whole universe the only really interesting movement is this wriggle.
~ E. M. Forester
Failure or success seem to have been allotted to men by their stars. But they retain the power of wriggling, of fighting with their star or against it, and in the whole universe the only really interesting movement is this wriggle.
~ E. M. Forster
Without a trace of irony I can say I have been blessed with brilliant enemies. I owe them a great debt, because they redoubled my energies and drove me in new directions.
~ E. O. Wilson
Humor prevents one from becoming a tragic figure even though he/she is involved in tragic events.
~ E. T. "Cy" Eberhart
Money lost -- little lost. Honour lost -- much lost. Pluck lost -- all lost.
~ E. W. Hornung
Without my protectionm your journey is doomed before you begin.' Great! I thought. Even the snake is a critic!
~ E.D. Baker
But, my dear, if you should be caught out in the storm!" "Why, I don't know but I should like it! What harm could it do? I'm not soluble in water - rain won't melt me away! I think upon the whole I rather prefer being caught in the storm," said Cap, perversely.
~ E.D.E.N. Southworth
Lad, there are other starvations besides the total lack of food. There are slow starvations and divers ones. - Doctor Day
~ E.D.E.N. Southworth
There are no winners in battle. Just survivors.
~ E.E. Knight
Unfortunately grown-ups don't behave any better. Especially when they have nothing else to do or are having a hard time – or, sometimes, when they just think they are having a hard time. They band together with other real or supposed companions in misfortune and take to the streets, marching in step and parroting mindless slogans, filled with their own importance.
~ E.H. Gombrich
Writing is like driving at night in the fog. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.
~ E.L. Doctorow
Life never gives us what we want at the moment that we consider appropriate. Adventures do occur, but not punctually.
~ E.M. Forster
It comes to this then: there always have been people like me and always will be, and generally they have been persecuted.
~ E.M. Forster
They have yielded to the only enemy that matters - the enemy within.
~ E.M. Forster
I think everyone fails, but there are so many kinds of failure.
~ E.M. Forster