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Quotes About Adversity

I was very fortunate and didn't personally encounter any bullies in school, however bullies exist in many ways in life.
~ Josh Hutcherson
Life is like boxing in many unsettling respects. But boxing is only like boxing.
~ Joyce Carol Oates
Life is a game of piquet played in a bramble bush in very bad weather.
~ Katherine Anne Porter
Life is supposed to get tough.
~ Kelsey Grammer
I never let the worst things in life get the best of me. So take these testes and, ummm...open sesame.
~ King Sun
You're not going to live your life unscathed.
~ Kirstie Alley
Don't hope for a life without problems. An easy life results in a judgmental and lazy mind.
~ Kyongho
Dignity of human nature requires that we must face the storms of life.
~ Mahatma Gandhi
Every calamity should lead to a thorough cleansing of individual as well as social life.
~ Mahatma Gandhi
Poisoned, pursued and living with a psychopath. Not what I would consider the good life. Death has its perks.
~ Maria V. Snyder
Life is a double-faced creature; one face is tragedy, the other one is comedy. We have no way but to face the first face with dignity!
~ Mehmet Murat Ildan
Master of Life is the person who is best at keeping the brutal scars of life to a minimum!
~ Mehmet Murat Ildan
Sometimes in life, we reach to a right place by departing from a wrong port with a wrong ship!
~ Mehmet Murat Ildan
Life is unfair and improv is a great metaphor of that.
~ Mike Birbiglia
I've learned from life experiences. If you go through certain things, you're able to pull from them.
~ Monica Potter
I think there are a lot of things in life that are not fair. But life, I believe, isn't always perfect and idealistic.
~ Nadya Suleman
The good life is the best preparation for bad times.
~ Neal A. Maxwell
Human life is too difficult for people.
~ Paul Engle
Life is hard, but death is even harder.
~ Peter Kreeft
Life is hard . . . but we cling to it all the same
~ Philip Pullman
The enjoyments of this life are not equal to its evils.
~ Pliny the Elder
Sadness, disappointment, and severe challenge are events in life, not life itself.
~ Richard G. Scott
I wish my life was a John Grisham novel. His heroes always seem to be one step away from death but come up with a brilliant plan. Unfortunately, real life can't be wrapped up with a nice little bow
~ Simone Elkeles
Darling, when things go wrong in life, you lift your chin, put on a ravishing smile, mix yourself a little cocktail.
~ Sophie Kinsella