Quotes About Adversity

The censure of those who are opposed to us, is the highest commendation that can be given us.

Any idiot can face a crisis — it's day to day living that wears you out.

Only during hard times do people come to understand how difficult it is to be master of their feelings and thoughts.

If only one tooth aches, rejoice that not all of them ache.... If your wife betrays you, be glad that she betrayed only you and not the nation.

Moscow is a city that has much suffering ahead of it.

An education is a powerful lever that improves—but doesn't guarantee—the chances that someone can overcome adversity and make it in spite of the barriers. The myth of the American dream really is a myth.

He looked at the gun. "Aren't you afraid?" "Of course I am," Anna said. "Of course I'm afraid. But that doesn't help." He shook his head. "No," he said, "it doesn't help to be afraid. Bad things happen anyway. You're right.

I'm doing a thousand new things in spite of myself," he said. "It's not easy, you know, to jump over your shadow.

If bad things are going to be said about me, I have to bear that. If I don't understand that it's part of being in show business, then I'd better go work in a bank.

Comenzaba la tarde, pero tanto mal me había dado aquel día que me espantaba continuarlo. Sin embargo, no se puede renunciar a vivir medio día: o el resto de la eternidad o nada.

If you beat your head against the wall, it is your head that breaks and not the wall.

I thought my fire was out, and stirred the ashes…. I burnt my fingers.

La nueva miel labramos con los dolores viejos, la veste blanca y pura pacientemente hacemos, y bajo el sol bruñimos el fuerte arnés de hierro.

Mankind owns four things That are no good at sea: Rudder, anchor, oars, And the fear of going down.

Suffering is above, not below. And everyone thinks that suffering is below. And everyone wants to rise.

Injury, when it is slight, upsets me; when it is strong it calms me.

The real "it is well" is something I say from the ground, having fallen.

Y seguiré naufragando en mares ajenos hasta naufragar en mi propio mar

The less a creature thinks he is, the more he bears. And if he thinks he is nothing, he bears everything.

A man's confidence only pays when everything else just stays aways in his life.

A person who can't think much in life usually don't face much challenges and difficulties from the people.

A person who faces multiple hurdles en route is on the right track else off track of life.

A person who gets more punishment than prize from most people around him/her for doing or saying things often right , is most likely to be truly bright and only an upright individual.

An intelligent person suffers much more than the duffers and it is largely because of the behaviour and attitude of the mediocre people towards others in life.