Quotes about Adversity
Sometimes I think God is trying to test me, both now and in the future. I'll have to become a good person on my own, without anyone to serve as a model or advise me, but it'll make me stronger in the end.
— Anne Frank
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— Anne Frank
When I think about our lives here, I usually come to the conclusion that we live in a paradise compared to the Jews who aren't in hiding. All the same, later on, when everything has returned to normal, I'll probably wonder how we, who always lived in such comfortable circumstances, could have "sunk" so low.
— Anne Frank
Believe me, if you've been shut up for a year and a half, it can get to be too much for you sometimes. But feelings can't be ignored, no matter how unjust or ungrateful they seem.
— Anne Frank
The weak shall fall and the strong shall survive and not be defeated.
— Anne Frank
Oh, when will we overcome all these difficulties? And yet it's good that we have to surmount them, since it makes the end that much more beautiful
— Anne Frank
Haters want us to hate them, because hate is incapacitating. When we hate, we can't operate from our real selves, which is our strength.
— Anne Lamott
As far as I can recall, none of the adults in my life ever once remembered to say, "Some people have a thick skin and you don't. Your heart is really open and that is going to cause pain, but that is an appropriate response to this world. The cost is high, but the blessing of being compassionate is beyond your wildest dreams. However, you're not going to feel that a lot in seventh grade. Just hang on.
— Anne Lamott
The truth is that your spirits don't rise until you get way down.
— Anne Lamott
How are we going to get through this craziness?" I asked. There was silence for a moment. "Left foot, right foot, left foot, breathe," he said.
— Anne Lamott
Haters want us to hate them because hate is incapacitating. When we hate we can't operate from our real selves, which is our strength.
— Anne Lamott
How did we all get so screwed up? Putting aside our damaged parents, poverty, abuse, addiction, disease, and other unpleasantries, life just damages people. There is no way around this.
— Anne Lamott