Quotes About Adversity

You wake up in this here world, my sweet li'l mister, you got to wake up tough. You go out that front door tough of a mornin' and you stay tough 'til lights out—have you learned that?

A person has to show some spirit--fate just about never shines kindly on chickenshits.

The universe sometimes makes war seem a mere chigger in comparison, but that is in no way soothing to one who has the itch.

Don't fight if you can help it. But if one of you gets whipped by somebody both of you best come home bloody, understand?

Nobody here wants to be awful," he said. He hopped a little as he zipped up. "It's just nobody here knows all the rules yet, and that makes a rocky time.

shut. Wiping off her dress, Whitney stomped

You drown not by falling into a river, but by staying submerged in it,

You drown not by falling into a river, but by staying submerged in it," Ava used to say, quoting Coelho. Now

If touching a spider kills you, well, I guess you were too delicate for this earth, and it was nice knowing you." My summers always started with a firm acknowledgment that I might die as a result of trying to enjoy them.

Danielle Henderson

At eight years old, I already felt the imbalance of a world that never wanted me to forget that I had nothing.

îÈ™i irosise tinereÈ›ea în o sut? de ani de dezm?? È™i relaÈ›ii nepotrivite, care o afectaser? atât pe ea, cât È™i averea lor.

Ne volim ljude koji se izvla?e iz sveta kao kišne gliste. Bez ožiljka i bez ogrebotine. Komedijaši. Agnosceo veteris vestigia flamme. Ožiljkom jednim oboga?en.

I dislike people who get out of things unscraped. No scars, no scratches. Agnosceo veteris vestigia flamme. Refined through a scar.

Ne volim ljude koji se izvla?e iz svega kao kišne gliste. Bez ožiljka i bez ogrebotine. Komedijaši.

Bad is never good until worse happens.

From a fallen tree, all make kindling.

As it has been told to me, my Dad had some kind of deal with Dick Clark. But when we got here, that fell through. So we were out here with no job, no furniture, no food.

I find that people find a way out of misery through humor and it's humor that's often unacceptable to people who are not in quite such a state of misery.

failure is only failure if it happens in the last chapter. Otherwise, it's a plot twist.

I have taken from the continued success of Union Square Café is that willingness to overcome difficult cimcumstances is a crucial character trait in my employees, partners, and restaurants.

O human race, born to fly upward, wherefore at a little wind dost thou so fall?

O human race born to fly upward, wherefore at a little wind dost thou fall.

You dont allways chose what happens to you, but only you can allways chose your attitude. Attitude is your ultimate life tool, sharpen it because you will need it.