Quotes about Adversity
Whenever I refused to follow my fate, something very hard to bear would happen in my life.
— Paulo Coelho
If you only walk on sunny days you'll never reach your destination.
— Paulo Coelho
May your morning be a beautiful one, with the sun shining on your soldier's armour, for in the afternoon I will defeat you.
— Paulo Coelho
It's just a storm in a tea cup,' someone says The cup of suffering is not the same size for everyone.
— Paulo Coelho
You're crying? I'm a woman of the desert, she said, averting her face. But above all, I'm a woman.
— Paulo Coelho
Basically, everything that happens in our life is our fault and ours alone. A lot of people go through the same difficulties we went through, and they react completely differently. We looked for the easiest way out: a separate reality
— Paulo Coelho
Sometimes, certain of God's blessings arrive by shattering all the windows.
— Paulo Coelho
Thou art beaten that thou mayest be better.
— John Bunyan
It isn't what happens to us that causes us to suffer; it's what we say to ourselves about what happens.
— Pema Chodron
A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties.
— Harry S. Truman
Stormy or sunny days, glorious or lonely nights, I maintain an attitude of gratitude.
— Maya Angelou
Do you know why that cow looks over that wall? She looks over the wall because she cannot see through it, and that is what you must do with your troubles... Look over and above them.
— John Wesley