Adversity Quotes

"Oh, God. This ultrathon was a huge mistake! I just want to die!"

- TravelWellTraveled

"I don't want to be a man," said Jace. "I want to be an angst-ridden teenager who can't confront his own inner demons and takes it out verbally on other people instead." "Well," said Luke, "you're doing a fantastic job."

- Cassandra Clare

"Don't try to make me grow up before my time…"

- Louisa May Alcott

"The minute you think you’ve got it figured out, it knocks you back down."

- Chase Elliott

"And this mess is so big And so deep and so tall, We cannot pick it up. There is no way at all!"

- Dr. Seuss

"The sun did not shine. It was too wet to play. So we sat in the house. All that cold, cold, wet day."

- Dr. Seuss

"Fear is the path to the Dark Side. Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering."

- Yoda

"The organizers and perpetuators of segregation are as much the enemy of America as any foreign invader."

- Bayard Rustin

"There’s a neon green post-it note stuck to the window ledge. It says DON’T EVEN TRY —R, in bold capital letters. Yeah, like I am going to listen to a sticky note from my captor."

- Rebecca Espinoza

"We all live in a house on fire, no fire department to call; no way out, just the upstairs window to look out of while the fire burns the house down with us trapped, locked in it."

- Tennessee Williams

"Ableist ideas and beliefs affect people with disabilities in all aspects of life, including employment, healthcare, education, housing, transportation, etc. These ideas and beliefs create systems that discriminate and oppress people with disabilities."

- Theo W. Braddy

"Society has taught me from a young age that I can’t show my autism in public. So, a lot of my struggles are in my house, alone. A lot of the struggle is behind the scenes."

- Russell Lehmann

"Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain’t all sunshine and rainbows. It’s a very mean and nasty place and I don’t care how tough you are, it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life."

- Rocky Balboa

""Today, somewhere in America, more foreclosures. More auctions. Another farmer plots his own death. And another. There is an art to making your death by combine look like an accident.""

- Carolyn Chute

"The only difference between a pigeon and the American farmer today is that a pigeon can still make a deposit on a John Deere."

- Jim Hightower

"“That’s the thing about pain. It demands to be felt.”"

- John Green

"“Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of man’s heart, and the fall through the air of the true, wise friend called Piggy.”"

- William Golding

"You should never view your challenges as a disadvantage. Instead, it's important for you to understand that your experience facing and overcoming adversity is actually one of your biggest advantages."

- Michelle Obama

"Hurricane Katrina this past week was certainly the worst episode in what has become an all-too-familiar and tragic cycle, and our nation is now faced with a set of unprecedented challenges."

- Jo Bonner

"Life is filled with detours and dead ends, trials and challenges of every kind. Each of us has likely had times when distress, anguish, and despair almost consumed us."

- Russell M. Nelson

"No man is more unhappy than he who never faces adversity. For he is not permitted to prove himself."

- Seneca

"Adversity is like a strong wind. It tears away from us all but the things that cannot be torn so that we see ourselves as we really are."

- Arthur Golden

"When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers."

- Oscar Wilde

"Thursday is perhaps the worst day of the week. It’s nothing in itself; it just reminds you that the week has been going on too long."

- Nicci French

"When I was a child, all problems had ended with a single word from my father. A smile from him was sunshine, his scowl a bolt of thunder. He was smart, and generous, and honorable without fail. He could exile a trespasser, check my math homework, and fix the leaky bathroom sink, all before dinner. For the longest time, I thought he was invincible. Above the petty problems that plagued normal people. And now he was gone."

- Rachel Vincent

"The loss of my father was the most traumatic event in my life – I can’t forget the pain."

- Frank Lowy

"I should know enough about loss to realize that you never really stop missing someone — you just learn to live around the huge gaping hole of their absence."

- Alyson Noel

"After Monday and Tuesday, even the calendar says W-T-F."

- Unknown

"Híjole wey, ya valieron madres tus dientes, ocupas un chingo de trabajo dental que te va a costar una lanota."

"There is no new pain."