Quotes About Adversity

He always wanted to leap and tear the throat out of a problem. He took no aesthetic pleasure in measuring a problem and living with it for a time before deciding it was even desireable to try to slay it. In short, he was more quick than wise. He never appreciated the comfort that a worthy enemy could provide.

no matter what my small sufferings are, I have a choice. I can either let them make me bitter, or I can meet them with the confidence that God will not abandon me.

I had continuously to learn to accept God's will—not as I wished it to be, not as it might have been, but as it actually was at the moment.

conditions were degrading only if we let ourselves become degraded.

Wenn es sein muss, trete ich auch Zwerge!

but I was urged on by a courage born of despair.

That was a day that taught me the meaning of abject failure.

Ich hatte nicht den Verstand verloren! Mein Hirn wurde nicht in zwei Hälften gerissen. Ich würde mein weiteres Leben nicht in einer Zelle mit sehr weichen Wänden verbringen müssen. Das war soweit erfreulich.

Wenn schlechte Dinge zur Gewohnheit werden, muss man die Verhältnisse ändern.

If it wasn't for bad luck, I'd have no luck at all.

I'm just a survivor from the train wreck of the modern world.

Jalil Gibrán: «Si no se rompe, ¿cómo logrará abrirse tu coraz

No deseo que me libres de todos los peligros, sino valentía para enfrentarme a ellos. No pido que se apague mi dolor, sino coraje para dominarlo. No busco aliados en el campo de batalla de la vida, sino fuerzas en mí mismo. No imploro con temor ansioso ser salvado, sino esperanza para ir logrando, paciente, mi propia libertad».

Além disso, talvez o trauma que hoje o consome lhe traga, em compensação, um crescimento pós-traumático, a partir do qual você desenvolverá sua potencialidade como nunca fizera antes.

La valentía no es el roble majestuoso que ve ir y venir las tormentas; es el frágil retoño de una flor que se abre en la nieve.

Life isn't easy, and leadership is harder still.

Men, like nails, lose their usefulness when they lose direction and begin to bend.

People, like nails, lose their effectiveness when they lose direction and begin to bend.

He is the best sailor who can steer within fewest points of the wind, and exact a motive power out of the greatest obstacles.

Oh, poverty parts good company.

We are like the herb which flourisheth most when trampled upon

They should consider themselves richer since they are now more robust in putting up with privations. It is better to need less than to have more.

Remember that nobody will ever get ahead of you as long as he is kicking you in the seat of the pants.

Many things in life aren't fair, but we must learn to accept them as God's will and move on.