Quotes About Adversity

In my experience nobody gets to lead a totally charmed existence. Nobody escapes the pitfalls of being a human being. It's what seperates us from the zebras. Or that's my theory anyway

how hard it was to see strength of spirit trumped by weakness of flesh.

There was probably a technical term for this, but it felt as though at a cellular level something had just rolled over instead of trying again.

It's when you don't win that you learn things about yourself. Everything I have gone through has made me who I am today.

Life is tough, get a helmet.

Some people, if they didn't make it hard for themselves, might fall asleep.

Every treasure is guarded by dragons. That's how you can tell it's valuable.

Society is what beats me. Alone I can be pretty good, but let me go among people and there's the devil to pay.

You can know a man by his devils and the way he gives hurts.

Well, what o you want? I said. I am the type of guy who couldn't survive without disfigurement. Life has worked me over. It wasn't just the war, either.... I got a bad wound, you know. But the shots of life... I gave myself a bang on the breast. Right here! You know what I mean, King?

Some men seem to know exactly where their opportunities lie; they break prisons and cross whole Siberias to pursue them. One room holds me.

and suffering is another bad habit.

Looking for happiness - ought to be prepared for bad results.

I'm going to shake this off. I'm not going to be a victim. I hate the victim bit

But when the things that happen pour over everyone alike, then we can really see who is better and who's worse.

Umotajmo se sada svi u mrtva?ke pokrove i krenimo na Washington i Moskvu. Polegnimo, muškarci, žene i djeco, i uzviknimo: - Neka se život nastavi - možda ga ne zaslužujemo, ali neka se nastavi!

Why, it was a crying matter, no fooling, to anyone who might know which side was up, that here was I trying to refuse to lead a disappointed life.

The subject of all this talk is, ultimately, survival—the survival of the decent society created in Israel within a few decades.

The life of man upon earth is a warfare … — JOB 7:1

I gain nothing by having a rock in my boxing glove if the other fellow has one too. - Sir Denis Nayland Smith

I wonder if the reason I tend to say yes to everything is because I deeply believe that I can survive anything.

Life is full of troubles and vexations, that one must either rise above it by means of corrected thoughts, or leave it.

Noi nu ÅŸtim, în zilele noastre bune ce nenorocire ne preg?teÅŸte destinul tocmai acum: boal?, prigoan?, s?r?cie, mutilare, orbire, nebunie, moarte ÅŸ.a.m.d.

Failure always brings something valuable with it. I don't let it leave until I extract that value.