Quotes About Adversity

The hardest work in the world is being out of work.

Well, I've got three things working against me before I even walk into the room: 1. I'm the last speaker of the day. The fans are tired and a little burned out. 2. I'm following Michael Dorn and Marina Sirtis. They do conventions together all the time, have a set routine that never fails, and the fans adore them. 3. I was Wesley Crusher.

I believe that there are dark and difficult days ahead, and you won't be playing for an increase in company dividens - you will be playing for the survival of a nation, and if you fail, it will mean the end of the world you know. You will not suffer alone -

No, it is not the goal but the way there that matters, and the harder the way the more worth while the journey.

The harder the life, the finer the person

Önemli olan tek bir ?ey vard?r: Sak?ngan ve korkak kimselerin yürüdü?ü yoldan ba?ka bir yönü gösterse, seni sürüden ay?rsa bile, yüre?inden gelen sesi dinle. Ya?am, zaman zaman sana dayan?lmaz ac?lar verse de, küsme, kaba davranma ona kar??.

Bir ?eyin ters gitmesi kötü de?ildir, sadece hiçbir ?eyi denememi? olmak kötüdür.

I am more and more convinced that our happiness or our unhappiness depends far more on the way we meet the events of life than on the nature of those events themselves.

Chinese proverb: "That the birds of worry and care fly over your head, this you cannot change, but that they build nests in your hair, this you can prevent." We avoid excessive worry

We had our breakfasts--whatever happens in a house, robbery or murder, it doesn't matter, you must have your breakfast.

Rome remained great as long as she had enemies who forced her to unity, vision, and heroism. When she had overcome them all she flourished for a moment and then began to die.

Betty is much more likely to take her chances, as others do when faced with very bad options. As

Man kann dem Schrecken gegenübertreten, bis er nachgibt und sich zurückzieht.

A man who strives after goodness in all his acts is sure to come to ruin, since there are so many men who are not good.

most people do pretty well when things go pretty bad.

My parents believe in the principle of 'sink or swim,' or 'what doesn't kill you makes you stronger ? or it kills you." From "The Education of Robert Nifkin

It doesn't matter who you are, or what you've done, or think you can do. There's a confrontation with destiny awaiting you. Somewhere, there is a chile you cannot eat.

Shamron had always believed careers were defined less by the successes achieved than the calamities survived. "Any fool can take a victory lap," he once famously remarked during a lecture at the Academy, "but only a truly great officer can maintain his composure and his cover when his heart is breaking.

To hope and to act, these are our duties in misfortune

I find it comforting to prepare myself for a calamity and to be pleasantly surprised if it turns out to be a garden-variety disaster instead.

The cruelty of the desert had influenced the faith.

We did what we always do. We closed ranks, burned our files, and waited for the storm to pass.

Clouds and buttercups exist in poetry, but they are there only because storms and flowers populate the world too.

We may be tossed upon an ocean where we can see no land—nor, perhaps, the sun or stars. But there is a chart and a compass for us to study, to consult, and to obey. That chart is the Constitution.