I wanted a woman who could get me out of a Third World prison. Life’s too short to hang out with people who aren’t resourceful.

I am not the moon orbiting around your planet; I am the sun that will burn through your frozen mind.

Great difficulties may be surmounted by patience and perseverance.

His ruby red rimmed moist eyes were two glasses of cranberry. He wore a cashmere sweater the color of Earl Grey tea…

No stars gleam as brightly as those which glisten in the polar sky. No water tastes so sweet as that which springs amid the desert sand. And no faith is so precious as that which lives and triumphs through adversity. Tested faith brings experience. You would never have believed your own weakness had you not...

Problems are providence in disguise. All things good and bad, problematic and praise worthy are providential-God conceived, sustaining and guiding. With the right perspective, patience, hard work and hindsight, we can push through, beyond our pain, to a place of realization… that our troubles are simply part of the hands of the Potter who molds...

No matter where you once were, no matter how dark your storm, God doesn’t want you to remain there. Overcoming may not be easy, but it’s possible when you ask your Father to battle for you.

God left the world unfinished for man to work his skill upon. He left the electricity still in the cloud, the oil still in the earth. How often we look upon God as our last and feeblest resource! We go to Him because we have nowhere else to go. And then we learn that the...

You would never know how strong that you are until you decide to courageously and confidently face your adversities over choosing to make excuses or complain about them.

It is only by grace and hope in great God of wonders, we receive strength and vitality for everyday life.

One of the major keys to success is to keep moving forward on the journey, making the best of the detours and interruptions, turning adversity into advantage.

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...

May your find strength to pursue your dreams.

We certainly created some adversity for ourselves to overcome out there, … but I was really pleased with how we responded time in and time out. Nobody’s ever happy with penalties. Nobody’s ever happy with turnovers. But I think it’s most important to establish how you respond to that stuff when it happens in the...

Sara has battled through adversity and has provided our program with the passion that is needed to play at this level. She has left her mark on the program in the record books and will always be mentioned when people talk about the Virginia softball program.

No matter how bad things are, you can always make things worse.

The truth is, I can choose to view tough times as growing times, I can choose to see aging as seasoning and I can choose to focus on whatever good there is to be found in living. I choose. After all, it’s my point of view.

Your friends will believe in your potential, your enemies will make you live up to it.

Only adversity provides the opportunity for greatness.

Evil originates not in the absence of guilt; but in our effort to escape it.

When you are standing in the middle of a storm you have two choices: Pray to God that it goes away. Or, start praying to God that he gives you the wisdom to figure out why you’re standing in the middle of a storm.

Remember that there is nothing stable in human affairs; therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity, or undue depression in adversity.

I have seen human beings who have forged “intellectual” armor to shield themselves from adversity. They seemed stronger than most. They said, “I couldn’t care less,” and laughed at everything, but when adversity managed to pierce their armor, it caused terrible damage.I have seen human beings suffer from the slightest adversity, the slightest annoyance, but...

You will never truly know yourself, or the strength of your relationships, until both have been tested by adversity.

It has been a struggle, going through so much adversity. Sometimes, it feels like I’m pushing a car up a North Bergen hill, like 76th Street. But I love what I do and look forward to it every day. It’s not a job for me. Coaching basketball is a passion.

Prosperity discovers vice, adversity discovers virtue.

Adversity is the trial of principle. Without it a man hardly knows whether he is honest or not.

If you see adversity arriving at your game field, time to put on your pads and let see how well you can tackle adversity.

We are surrounded by adversity but we shall triumph because we have a greater spirit

Without hope we fail to exist.

To every complex challenge, there exist a define solution.

There had been times when he knew, somewhere in him, that he would get used to it, whatever it was, because he had learnt that some hard things became softer after a very little while.

Memories of the past year came tumbling down on me. The recent changes and reverses were almost overwhelming. I was learning that life flowed like a river. When the run-off was normal, the water ran smoothly. But if there came a downpour, it gushed. In the likeness to a flooding river, life events were caught...

It’s essential you create a fiery will from within–harness that power of decisiveness–and choose to be your strongest self.

Don’t let a strong wind blow you over, take flight upon it.

It was an incredible time for him in terms of emotions and adversity.

Success goes to the ones who do. Get up. Show up. Throw up if you have to. Do it afraid, but do it no matter.

I love you. I hate you. I like you. I hate you. I love you. I think you’re stupid. I think you’re a loser. I think you’re wonderful. I want to be with you. I don’t want to be with you. I would never date you. I hate you. I love you…..I think the madness...

It is a strange thing that the human species can only go three days without water and three weeks without food, before the body dies. Yet, so many people can go years hanging onto pain and feeling emotionally dead inside. I suppose if it was the other way around more people would go to school...

When the winds of life is pushing you back, THAT’S when you push forward the hardest.

He knows not his own strength that hath not met adversity.

Mistake is an event not a person

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

Notice the painful lashes upon your shoulders, done so solely by the crop attached to your belt.

Adversity is a better educator than the best teacher.

North and South has both met and made kind o’ friends in this big smoky place.

In times of great stress or adversity, it’s always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive.

Hardships make or break people.

We have to walk by faith to possess all that is duly ours.

What is heroic is not making life any harder that it has to be.