Quotes Tagged "adversity"

Don’t ever think of any person who’s trying to hurt you and harm you. Obviously, they don’t deserve your love, but you don’t deserve to feel hate because of them. Ignore them like they don’t exist, but do what you can to protect yourself.

Every problem is a teacher from the University of Life.

A poet should be so crafty with words that he is envied even for his pains.

If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it; Every arrow that flies feels the attraction of earth.

Funerals aren't scheduled.

You’ll learn, as you get older, that rules are made to be broken. Be bold enough to live life on your terms, and never, ever apologize for it. Go against the grain, refuse to conform, take the road less traveled instead of the well-beaten path. Laugh in the face of adversity, and leap before you look. Dance as though EVERYBODY is watching. March to the beat of your own drummer. And stubbornly refuse to fit in.

When you think this pain is all you deserve, you are right. You are the only one that can decide how long you will walk in hell.

The only real battle in life is between hanging on and letting go.

The main source of some poor people’s misery is, not their being poor, but some people’s not being poor.

It isn't as bad as you sometimes think it is. It all works out. Don't worry. I say that to myself every morning. It all works out in the end. Put your trust in God, and move forward with faith and confidence in the future. The Lord will not forsake us. He will not forsake us. If we will put our trust in Him, if we will pray to Him, if we will live worthy of His blessings, He will hear our prayers.

But we believe – nay, Lord we only hope, That one day we shall thank thee perfectly For pain and hope and all that led or drove Us back into the bosom of thy love.

Without being push to the wall, we will have remained in our comfortable zone. But this circumstance challenges us to find the courage to move on.

Every adversity brings new experiences and new lessons.

You can give illness to her body but you can't take the gypsy out of that girl.

But the Count hadn’t the temperament for revenge; he hadn’t the imagination for epics; and he certainly hadn’t the fanciful ego to dram of empires restored. No. His model for mastering his circumstances would be a different sort of captive altogether: an Anglican washed ashore. Like Robinson Crusoe stranded on the Isle of Despair, the count would maintain his resolve by committing to the business of practicalities. Having dispensed with dreams of quick discovery, the world’s Crusoes seek shelter and a source of fresh water; they teach themselves to make fire from flint; they study their island’s topography, it’s climate, its flora and fauna, all the while keeping their eyes trained for sails on the horizon and footprints in the sand.

what once cause catastrophe in my life has now become the catalyst for my direction.

If you saturate your mind with positive thoughts, it will sustain you in any situation.

With positive attitude, you can graciously overcome every adversity.

In any situation, there is a sacred-solution.

Endure to the very end.