Quotes about Adversity

People used to say of me that I was too individualistic. I must be far more of an individualist than ever I was. I must get far more out of myself than ever I got, and ask far less of the world than ever I asked. Indeed, my ruin came not from too great individualism of life, but from too little. The one disgraceful, unpardonable, and to all time contemptible action of my life was to allow myself to appeal to society for help and protection.

My dear fellow, it isn't easy to be anything nowadays. 

We artists are indestructible, even in a prison cell or a concentration camp I would be all right in my own world of art. Even if I had to paint my pictures with my tongue on the dusty floor of my cell.

Choosing to be happy and saying thank you to whatever circumstances befall you is one of the most radical things you could ever do.

encouragement can be given any time, even when things go poorly.

Sponsors dropped him, his wife left him, and his golf skills suffered greatly.

Sponsors dropped him, his wife left him, and his golf skills suffered greatly.

Aren't we all like that battling giant of the forest? Don't we manage somehow to survive the rare storms and avalanches and lightning blasts of life, only to let our hearts be eaten out by little beetles of worry—little beetles that could be crushed between a finger and a thumb?

Yes, everyone faces challenges in their lives, and people commonly say it doesn't matter what the challenge is; what matters is how one responds to it.

I discovered years ago that although I couldn't keep people from criticizing me unjustly, I could do something infinitely more important: I could determine whether I would let the unjust condemnation disturb me.

Without failure there is no achievement.

Thank you God for everything in my life. The good and the bad. Some were blessings and some were lessons.