Quotes About Adversity

Put a thorn in every enjoyment, a worm in every gourd, that would either prevent my being wholly thine, or in any measure retard my progress in the divine life.

Of course, losing my father was traumatic. I was an only child. But from the time my father died, my general theme in life has been to turn adversity into opportunity.

In one of his books my father said, "Nothing vast enters the life of mortals without a curse."

I can't imagine just dusting my pants off and going about my life like, "Phew! I sure made it through a tough spot, now where am I headed?" I feel more of an obligation to be helpful.

The ability to meditate successfully is a very unique skill that will help you better weather the storms of life.

You can definitely become a victim and let people completely destroy your life.

We must never shed tears That is the life form's defeat and if we give into the emotions then it only becomes proof of our inability to control it.

You could spend the rest of your life trying to outlive the scars that are left by what you go through in your formative years.

I think if you are going to base your whole life on what you do on the golf course, you are up for a lot of ups and downs.

I found the secret to life: I'm ok when everything is not ok.

I've been a target my entire life. At this point, there's nothing anyone can say that will faze me. Bring it on!

Life smacks Tracy Morgan in the face, and I don't mean to talk in third party, but no, it doesn't stop raining when I come outside, no, absolutely not. I'm very in touch.

I just realized that there are going to be a lot of painful times in life, so I better learn to deal with them in the right way.

Questions for the lord, why he don't like me, guard my soul, Though my life was hard with no remorse.

I know that there are a lot of people out there with stories far worse than mine but you, too, can make it. To those of you who have, welcome to life. I celebrate you.

Life damages us, every one. We can't escape that damage.

When you are threatened, when your life is threatened, you have to fight back.

Scrutiny has never scared me because I have had detractors all my life.

A sort of transaction went on between them, in which she was on one side, and life was on another, and she was always trying to get the better of it, as it was of her.

self-possession is the ability to face without fear life in all its contradictions.

Use unlikely materials. Who would choose Pnin as hero, but how did we live before Pnin?

Drew, your enemies can mess your life up,' he said. 'Or they can make it easy for you to do it to yourself.' —Fletch

Life isn't easy, and leadership is harder still.

There is no easy path leading out of life, and few are the easy ones that lie within it.