Quotes About Adversity

Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of building high walls and ships of war . . .

A man can learn wisdom even from a foe

Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of building high walls and ships of war; and this lesson saves their children, their homes, and their properties.

Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.

To die in order to avoid the pains of poverty, love, or anything that is disagreeable, is not the part of a brave man, but of a coward.

Evils draw men together.

Life is full of chances and changes, and the most prosperous of men may...meet with great misfortunes.

He overcomes a stout enemy who overcomes his own anger.

The truly good and wise man will bear all kinds of fortune in a seemly way, and will always act in the noblest manner that the circumstances allow.

We must free ourselves of the hope that the sea will ever rest. We must learn to sail in high winds.

You have to put yourself in the situation that you might fail.

Pull yourself together. Where are you right now?" "I'm in the van on the side of the road," I said. "Are you crazy? Stick to the plan. Drive. Now.

I put my hands on his shoulders. "Listen well, my boy. We are involved in this case together and we will finish it together. And as for that danger - my experience is that it is just like with any other difficulty: it makes no sense whatsoever to start worrying beforehand, because when the difficulties come you can somehow always overcome them again.

First, accept that life is hard, and that transforming our life—or our abilities, which amount to much the same thing—is very hard.

Hunger and cold were like two walls with no room for anything else in between but loneliness, in which a man is a stranger even to himself.

The hope killed them," said the old man. "It killed the very best of them. And hopelessness straightened out the very best of us.

Good clothes, when put to the test, survive a change in fortune, as a Roman arch survives the luxury of departed empire.

Oh, drat,' said Toad. 'Not only do my feet hurt, but I have lost one of the buttons on my jacket.

I tended to be perfectly comfortable hitting shots from places where no other golfer ever wanted to be. It turned out to be an important lesson about the game: you've got to learn to live with trouble, and you've got to learn how to get out of it.

Don't be afraid to fail.

The resistance that you fight physically in the gym and the resistance that you fight in life can only build a strong character.

I don't suffer of anything that I lost.

Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths.

The human race's prospects of survival were considerably better when we were defenceless against tigers than they are today when we have become defenceless against ourselves.