Quotes About Adversity

Age is a terrible thief. Just when you're getting the hang of life, it knocks your legs out from under you and stoops your back.

Don't mind Russ, he says. He's a good kid underneath all those holes, although it's a wonder he doesn't spring a leak when he drinks

Age is a terrible thief. Just when you're getting the hang of life, it knocks your legs out from under you and stoops your back.

When things go right, I read. When things go wrong, I read more.

The Lord doesn't give a person more than he knows they can bear.

Boiled down, the basic principle is this, in Junger's words: "Communities that have been devastated by natural or man-made disasters almost never lapse into chaos and disorder; if anything, they become more just, more egalitarian, and more deliberately fair.

Life is full of screwups. You're supposed to fail sometimes. It's a required part of the human existance.

But sometimes you lose. Nothing you can do but admit it. -Eli

The bottom line is, what defines you isn't how many times you crash, but the number of times you get back on the bike. As long as it's one more. you're all good.

No one could tell you: you just had to go through it on your own. If you were lucky, you came out on the other side and understood. If you didn't, you kept getting thrust back, retracing those steps, until you finally got it right.

Leaving was easy. It was everything else that was so damned hard.

Story of my life.

All the bitchy girls in the world are just a training ground for what men can do to you.

I mean, at first, it was kind of disappointing. But people recover from disappointment. Otherwise we'd all be hanging from nooses. Right?

You're supposed to fail sometimes. It's a required part of the human existence -Eli

What defines you isn't how many times you crash but the number of times you get back.

Of course it hurts, she grumbled, tipping my head further back. Life sucks. Get over it

Oh darling, don't be bitter. It's the first instinct of the weak.

It all counts,' Adam said again. 'And the bottom line is, what defines you isn't how many times you crash, but the number of times you get back on the bike. As long as it's one more, you're all good.-pg 325 Along for the Ride

Okay. Enough. I got out of the closet, brushing myself off, then turned around to face her. This is happening. So you need to go downstairs, face your fears, and make the best of it, and everything will be okay. She narrowed her eyes at me. When did you suddenly become so positive? Just get out of there.

Life is full of screwups, he said, chucking another paper at the split-level before taking the corner. You're supposed to fail sometimes. It's a required part of the human existence.

For most of us, once something was busted, it was game over. I would have loved to know how it felt, just once, to have something fall apart and see options instead of endings.

It's hard to be nice when the rest of the world is so mean.

Everyone has their weak spot. The one thing that despite your best efforts, will always bring you to your knees, regardless of how strong you are otherwise. For some people, it's love. Others, money or alcohol. Mine was even worse: calculus.