Quotes about Adversity
Sometimes what we deem a failure at the time it happens actually serves to foster a change within us that creates an even greater success down the road.
— Marianne Williamson
Success is due to our stretching to the challenges of life. Failure comes when we shrink from them.
— John Maxwell
He still wanted to believe that people could survive their misfortunes. He believed that was all anyone had.
— Alice Hoffman
Your grand daughter may not be looking for trouble, but trouble is looking for her.
— Alice Hoffman
From the very start, Sally has been lying to herself, telling herself she can handle anything, and she doesn't want to lie anymore. One more lie and she'll be truly lost. One more and she'll never find her way back through the woods.
— Alice Hoffman
Hard times make for simple minds.
— Alice Hoffman
We make our own fate. And then all at once she realized they did. They could not control it, but they could choose how to respond to what happened.
— Alice Hoffman
just do the best I can to face what life brings. That's the secret, you know. That's the way you change your fate.
— Alice Hoffman
Cleaning up after themselves was a low priority for Margo and my mother. They had both recovered from cancer scares, failed marriages, and lost hope; in their opinion, dirt could wait.
— Alice Hoffman
you repudiate who you are. Once you do that, life works against you, and your fate is no longer your own.
— Alice Hoffman
I wondered if damaged people ever got over what damaged them.
— Alice Hoffman
Fate is what you make of it. You can make the best of it, or you can let it make the best of you.
— Alice Hoffman