Adversity Quotes

"If you’re not humble, life will visit humbleness upon you."

- Mike Tyson

"There is perhaps no one of our natural passions so hard to subdue as pride. Beat it down, stifle it, mortify it as much as one pleases, it is still alive."

- Benjamin Franklin

"During World War II, law-abiding Japanese-American citizens were herded into remote internment camps, losing their jobs, businesses and social standing, while an all-Japanese-American division fought heroically in Europe."

- Tom Brokaw

"I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity."

- General Dwight D. Eisenhower

"Snow and adolescence are the only problems that disappear if you ignore them long enough."

- Earl Wilson

"Sometimes I feel like everyone I work with is an idiot. And by sometimes I mean all times. All the time. Every of the time!"

- Kevin Malone

"I finally meet my childhood hero and he’s trying to kill us. What a joke."

- Carl Fredricksen

"Aus den Steinen, die Dir in den Weg gelegt werden, kannst du etwas Schönes bauen."

- Erich Kästner

"If you’ve never had a bad day running, you’re probably doing something wrong. If you’ve never had a good day running, you’re definitely doing something wrong."

- Mark Remy

"Isolation from power makes men look for a mob in which they can be strong."

- Herbert Gold

"People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar."

- Thich Nhat Hanh

"It's hard to be clear about who you are when you are carrying around a bunch of baggage from the past."

- Angelina Jolie

"Life is suffering."

- Buddha

"The root of suffering is attachment."

- Buddha

"Pain is certain; suffering is optional."

- Buddha

"Anger will never disappear so long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind. Anger will disappear just as soon as thoughts of resentment are forgotten."

- Buddha

"The instant we feel anger, we have already ceased striving for the truth and have begun striving for ourselves."

- Buddha

"Diabetes is a lousy, lousy disease."

- Elaine Stritch

"There is only one road to human greatness: through the school of hard knocks."

- Albert Einstein

"I love spring. Except for the birds. They’re like morning alarm trolls."

"Spring has sprung, and I just tripped over a flower pot."

"मुश्किलें सिर्फ परीक्षा होती हैं, सफलता के लिए तैयार हो जाओ।"

"Letting go of our suffering is the most challenging work we will ever do."

"Victory is sweetest when you’ve known defeat."

"Heat, hills, fast pace…Deal with it!"

"You know you ran the best you possibly could when you barf and then pass out."

"The road to hell is paved."

"Monday Blues: because even the calendar says WTF after Sunday."

"If Monday had a face, I’d make it wear a cone of shame."

"The only blue Monday I accept is a denim one."