Quotes About Adversity

Credeva nella sventura perché era solo. Per la speranza bisogna essere in due. Tutte le leggi dei grandi numeri cominciano con questa certezza.

After all,' he said, "I suppose there are things that nothing can kill and that remain forever intact. It's as if nothing could ever happen to human beings. They're a species over which it's not easy to triumph. They've a way of rising from the ashes, smiling and holding hands.

Humor is an affirmation of dignity, a declaration of man's superiority to all that befalls him.

Az élet az egy olyan izé, ami nem való mindenkinek.

stones are hard everywhere.

Basta un instante para hacer un héroe, y una vida entera para hacer un hombre.

Humor is an affirmation of dignity, a declaration of man's superiority to all that befalls him.

In life, more than in anything else, it isn't easy to end up alive.

I've only been to jail a few times, but in several different countries, at that. No, I've only been to jail a few times. But I still claim the ability to write a "serious" novel.

From flophouse bed To poorhouse bread, all outhouse sorrow: I thee wed.

As for me, I'll do what I do best. I'll lie, cheat, steal, and survive!

Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.

Do not put your spoon into the pot which does not boil for you.

I worked for this company that repossessed cars. Sure enough, the day after I quit, they repossessed my car, but that would probably be my strangest job to date. You have to work your way up to become a hardcore repo man.

When things are really good, really easy it's not cool for me.

If you aspire to executive-level work and succeed at attaining it, you will inevitably suffer.

Ron Ashkenas

After the death of John Laurens, Hamilton shut off some compartment of his emotions and never reopened it.

Survival is an instinct, not a choice.

Wounded and nearly blind with fear, I clung to the Scriptures: 'Ask and you shall receive...' 'Pray without ceasing...' 'I will do whatever you ask for in My name...' Grimly, I shut out another verse, this one from the book of Job: 'The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away.

What Denver had said three weeks earlier haunted me: Those precious to God become important to Satan. Watch your back, Mr. Ron! Somethin bad fixin to happen to Miss Debbie.

Problem was, Brother Brown kinda lost his grip and I sunk right to he bottom. I didn't know I was supposed to come right back up, so I just floated on down the river a ways, blowin bubbles and lookin up through the milky water at the clouds goin by. Aunt Etha told me afterward that the congregation panicked and charged into the river. They was still splashin around and callin my name when I popped up downriver like a bobber on a fishin line, a few shades paler and fulla the Holy Ghost!

It can be liberating to get fired because you realize the world doesn't end. There's other ways to make money, better jobs.

Nonetheless, such environments aren't the norm for many students.