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Quotes About Adversity

Um dos meios mais eficazes de sedução do Mal é o convite à luta.
~ Franz Kafka
As Karl Rossmann, a poor boy of sixteen who had been packed off to America by his parents because a servant girl had seduced him and got herself with child by him, stood on the liner slowly entering the harbour of New York, a sudden burst of sunshine seemed to illumine the Statue of Liberty, so that he saw it in a new light, although he had sighted it long before. The arm with the sword rose up as if newly stretched aloft, and round the figure blew the free winds of heaven.
~ Franz Kafka
I'm in a tight spot, but I'll also work my way out again.
~ Franz Kafka
Orice om poate fi pentru o vreme în incapacitatea de-a lucra,dar atunci e momentul cel mai potrivit pentru a-È›i aduce aminte de realiz?rile lui anterioare È™i a te gândi c? mai târziu,de-ndat? ce dificultatea va fi învins?,va depune cu atât mai mult? sârguin?? È™i str?danie în munca lui.
~ Franz Kafka
No hay defensa posible contra esta judicatura, ha que confesar. Haga la confesión en la próxima oportunidad que se le presente. Solo así tendrá la posibilidad de escapar
~ Franz Kafka
well were those that were destined to do so from the very beginning, without any help at all, while all the others were lost in spite of following them so closely, in spite of all the effort, all the small apparent victories that gave such pleasure.
~ Franz Kafka
From the true opponent, a limitless courage flows into you.
~ Franz Kafka
Her ÅŸeyi olduÄŸu gibi rapor edecek misiniz? İnsan baz? anlarda çal??amayacak halde olabilir, ama bu anlar eski baÅŸar?lar?n hat?rlanmas? ve daha sonra, engel ortadan kald?r?ld???nda, insan?n ÅŸüphesiz daha bir azimle ve gayretle çal??aca??n?n düÅŸünülmesi için de en iyi zamand?r.
~ Franz Kafka
Who dared to assail him in his own home? He was always inclined to take things as lightly as possible, to believe the worst only when the worst happened, and not to worry about the future, even if there were threats on the horizon. But that didn't seem right here. You could look at the whole thing as a joke, a bad joke, which for unlnown reasons, perhaps because it was his thirtieth birthday today, his colleagues at the bank had arranged. That was possible of course.
~ Franz Kafka
If you were crossing a plain, with the good will to get across, but all the same your steps took you backwards, it would be a matter for despair; but as you are clambering up a steep slope, as steep, say, as you yourself are viewed from below, it could also be that your steps backward are only caused by the nature of the ground, and you do not have to despair.
~ Franz Kafka
En qué terminará esto? —nos preguntamos todos—. ¿Hasta cuando soportaremos esta carga y este tormento? El palacio imperial ha traído a los nómades, pero no sabe como hacer para repelerlos.
~ Franz Kafka
My father went to catch wild frogs. I was skinny and weak, and my father heard their juice would give me size and strength. It tasted very, very bad... but I had to drink it because I wanted to be a footballer, and everyone said I needed to be bigger and stronger.
~ Park Ji-sung
Obstacles are like wild animals. They are cowards but they will bluff you if they can. If they see you are afraid of them... they are liable to spring upon you; but if you look them squarely in the eye, they will slink out of sight.
~ Orison Swett Marden
It was very unusual for anyone to be her own person in the wild West.
~ Amanda Blake
I've been in the ring with the Bronze Bomber, Deontay Wilder. I've tasted his power, and he's tasted mine.
~ David Haye
I'd love to fight Wilder. They say everyone is scared of him, I'm not scared of nobody.
~ Andy Ruiz Jr.
From Drew Barrymore to Robert Downey Jr., there's a long list of people who have faced their troubles, wildly overcome them, and succeeded.
~ Chris Pine
'Catch-22' was a huge failure, and it rubbed off on everybody connected to it. I had a bunch of lean years where I had to do things, a lot of which I wasn't wildly enthusiastic about.
~ Alan Arkin
There's so many things that life is, and no matter how many breakthroughs, trials will exist and we're going to get through it. Just be strong.
~ Mary J. Blige
I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.
~ Thomas Paine
Those who play with the devil's toys will be brought by degrees to wield his sword.
~ R. Buckminster Fuller
I will seize fate by the throat; it shall certainly never wholly overcome me.
~ Ludwig van Beethoven
One day, I will tell my story... where I came from and where I am now and how I remained positive.
~ Nargis Fakhri
No matter how much good you do, there will always be a few per cent of people who don't support you.
~ Vincent Tan