Quotes About Adversity

Battle not with monsters, lest ye become a monster, and if you gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.

Wer mit Ungeheuern kämpft, mag zusehn, daß er nicht dabei zum Ungeheuer wird. Und wenn du lange in einen Abgrund blickst, blickt der Abgrund auch in dich hinein.

The higher man is distinguished from the lower by his fearlessness and his readiness to challenge misfortune.

I love those who do not know how to live, except by going under, for they are those who cross over.

There are terrible people who, instead of solving a problem, bungle it and make it more difficult for all who come after. Whoever can't hit the nail on the head should, please, not hit at all.

Swallow your poison, for you need it badly.

We ought to face our destiny with courage.

Human history would be nothing but a record of stupidity save for the cunning contributions of the weak

The person who fights monsters should make sure that in the process, he does not become a monster himself. Because when you stare down at an abyss, the abyss stares back at you.

Injustice and filth they throw after the lonely one: but, my brother, if you would be a star, you must not shine less for them because of that. And beware of the good and the just! They like to crucify those who invent their own virtue for themselves—they hate the lonely one.

Was mich nicht umbringt, macht mich stärker.

It is invisible hands that torment and bend us the worst

Saying yes to life, even in its strangest and hardest problems.

throw roses into the abyss and say: 'here is my thanks to the monster who didn't succeed in swallowing me alive.

Out of life's school of war: What does not destroy me, makes me stronger.

He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you.

Three metamorphoses of the spirit have I designated to you: how the spirit became a camel, the camel a lion, and the lion at last a child.

I love all those who are heavy drops falling from the dark cloud that hangs over men: they herald the advent of lightning, and, as heralds, they perish.

How could you rise anew if you have not first become ashes?

Love your enemies because they bring out the best in you.

He who fights monster should beware, lest he become a monster himself

My formula is Amor fati: ... not only to bear up under every necessity, but to love it. Semboyanku ialah Amor fati: ... tidak saja tabah menanggung segala keharusan (penderitaan), melainkan juga mencintainya.

Lo que no te mata te hiere de gravedad y te deja tan apaleado, que luego aceptas cualquier tipo de maltrato y te dices a ti mismo que eso te fortalece.

Lonely now and miserably self-distrustful, I took sides, not without resentment, against myself and for everything that hurt me and was hard to me.