Quotes about Adversity

Let me pull myself out of these waters. But they heap themselves on me; they sweep me between their great shoulders; I am turned; I am tumbled; I am stretched, among these long lights, these long waves, these endless paths, with people pursuing, pursuing.

Still, one got over things. Still, life had a way of adding day to day.

It was awful, he cried, awful, awful! Still, the sun was hot. Still, one got over things. Still, life had a way of adding day to day.

She fell into a deep pool of sticky water, which eventually closed over her head. She saw nothing and heard nothing but a faint booming sound, which was the sound of the sea rolling over her head. While all her tormentors thought that she was dead, she was not dead, but curled up at the bottom of the sea.

Must, must, must — detestable word. Once more, I who had thought myself immune, who had said, Now I am rid of all that, find that the wave has tumbled me over, head over heels, scattering my possessions, leaving me to collect, to assemble, to head together, to summon my forces, rise and confront the enemy.

And then she said to herself, brandishing her sword at life, nonsense.

I am not going to lie down and weep away a life of care.

She must admit that she felt this thing that she called life terrible, hostile, and quick to pounce on you if you gave it a chance.

It was bad, it was bad, it was infinitely bad!

Facing a situation head on was the only way to deal with anything. I learned the lesson early.

God tempers the wind, said Maria, to the shorn lamb.

I hope that real love and truth are stronger in the end than any evil or misfortune in the world.