Quotes about Adversity

Circumstances don't shape us, so much as they reveal us.

Circumstance does not make the person, it reveals the person to himself or herself.

A strong man cannot help a weaker unless that weaker is willing to be helped, and even then the weak man must become strong of himself; he must, by his own efforts, develop the strength which he admires in another. None but himself can alter his condition.

You know, failure hurts. Any kind of failure stings. If you live in the sting, you will - undoubtedly - fail. My way of getting past the sting is to say no, I'm just not going to let this get me down.

As someone who has faced as much disappointment as most people, I've come to trust not that events will always unfold exactly as I want, but that I will be fine either way.

People make mistakes and I've probably made a few more than others, but unfortunately mine are also a bit more public. That's the way it is. You've just got to get on with life. After all, it's not a rehearsal.

"Lord bless you!" said Mr. Omer, resuming his pipe, "a man must take the fat with the lean; that's what he must make up his mind to, in this life. "

Losing one feather does not prevent a bird from flying.

People only stone a tree that is full of ripe fruit.

A rose does not lose sleep because it was mocked by weeds.

You can curse the sun a thousand times, but cannot keep it from shining, even for a day.

A sharp stick is better than a blunt sword.