Quotes About Adversity

We are a rugged species, up for anything the universe can throw at us; and as the great gloominaries knew, we will be immeasurably better prepared for nasty surprises if we approach the universe realistically — pessimistically — than if we continue to peer out at our surroundings through a distorting, rose-colored prism of wish-fulfillment fantasy.

Failure is instructive. The person who really thinks learns quite as much from his failures as from his success.

Affliction is a treasure, and scarce any man hath enough of it.

but come bad chance And wee joyne to it our strength And wee teach it art and length It selfe o'er us to advance.

I joy, that in these straits I see my west;

And virtue, though in rags, will keep me warm.

I am sore wounded but not slain I will lay me down and bleed a while And then rise up to fight again

Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow; He who would search for pearls, must dive below.

What's that old cowboy saying? Never was a horse that couldn't be rode, never was a man who couldn't be throwed.

But he began to lampoon the rise of Hitler, and soon his life was entangled in global politics. He was playing an engagement in Stockholm when the Nazis invaded Denmark in April 1940, and, believing himself to be on Hitler's "extermination list," he escaped to New York with his wife. He arrived in the United States with no personal belongings and ignorant of American customs and speech.

I think life has a way of kicking you in the pants too, but you have to pick up and move ahead, and it certainly helps if you have a good partner in life

My story, or my life or my legacy can hopefully show [fans] that once you're down, that doesn't mean you're down forever. You never let up.

The ways in which we are able to express courage also depend on the hand life deals us.

There's no solution to life, there's going to be problems no matter what.

There comes a point where the disappointments in your life accrue faster than you can find external forces to blame them on.

One day the good times had to keep on rolling, and all of life's horseshit would turn to circuses.

I never imagined my life would be the way that it has been for the past 30 years. I have had the best experiences a person can have-and the worst as well.

We have become accustomed to living our life with joy amidst pain and challenges.

Marty Robbins once sang you give me a mountain, I've been given a few mountains in my life

A lot of life is just surviving what happens.

Everyone fails. Everyone is constantly failing. It is all part of life, and especially this job of being an actor.

Life isn't all beer and skittles; few of us have touched a skittle in years.

Business is a fight, a continual struggle, just as life is

Remember, if you succeed in everything you try in life, you're living below your full potential and you should take up more difficult or daring things.