Adversity Quotes
Do not judge me by my successes, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.
Difficulties break some men but make others. No axe is sharp enough to cut the soul of a sinner who keeps on trying, one armed with the hope that he will rise even in the end.
There are few misfortunes in this world that you cannot turn into a personal triumph if you have the iron will and the necessary skill.
Even if you have a terminal disease, you don't have to sit down and mope. Enjoy life and challenge the illness that you have.
He makes the basic point that it is not so much the disability one suffers from that matters but one's attitude to it. The man who says: I will conquer this illness & live a happy life, is already halfway through to victory.
The stern compression of circumstances, the twinges of adversity, the spur of slights and taunts in early years, are needed to evoke that ruthless fixity of purpose and tenacious wit without which great actions are seldom accomplished.
Danger: if you meet it promptly and without flinching you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never!
When you feel you cannot continue in your position for another minute, and all that is in human power has been done, that is the moment when the enemy is most exhausted, and when one step forward will give you the fruits of the struggle you have borne.
Here life itself, life at its best and healthiest, awaits the caprice of the bullet. Let us see the development of the day. All else may stand over, perhaps for ever. Existence is never so sweet as when it is at hazard.
When we face with a steady eye the difficulties which lie before us, we may derive new confidence from remembering those we have already overcome.
One must never forget when misfortunes come that it is quite possible they are saving one from something much worse; or that when you make some great mistake, it may very easily serve you better than the best-advised decision.
As one's fortunes are reduced, one spirit must expand to fill the void.
Dangers which are warded off and difficulties which are overcome before they reach a crisis are utterly unrecognised.
Face to face, difficulties which appear really insuperable at a distance are very often removed altogether from our path.
When you have to hold a hot coffee-pot, it is better not to break the handle off.
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