Quotes about Adversity
War is a game that is played with a smile. If you can't smile, grin. If you can't grin, keep out of the way till you can.
- Winston Churchill
Everybody has adversity in their lives and we all have to find ways of overcoming them. You've got to soldier on, make the best of it, look for the positive in everything.
- Judith Durham
When my first semester grades came out, my mom and dad told me I wouldn't be playing football.
- Joe Biden
I grew up knowing only war, so for me, it was the way things were. It wasn't pleasant by any means.
- Julie Andrews
You have to take criticism with a grain of salt because you're never going to please everybody.
- Yolanda Adams
It's one thing to talk the talk; it's another thing to walk after getting whacked with a coconut.
- Roddy Piper
When I'm interested in an aspect of someone's life, I want to ask about their experiences, their survival strategies, and what they do to keep their lives interesting.
- Debra Granik
Any organisation has to go through at least one depression to see how it survives, and a normal economic cycle takes seven years.
- Shiv Nadar
Sometimes being a survivor is the greatest compliment you can get in Hollywood.
- Dean Jones
A lot of guys that were trailblazers, if we were to go back to the actual time, were just really scared and had no choice, but the water's rushing in, and you either swim or sink.
- Roddy Piper
Fame can be a double-edged sword, and you have to take the bad with the good. The highs are incredibly high, and the lows can be incredibly low.
- Emily Atack
If we survive danger it steels our courage more than anything else.
- Reinhold Niebuhr