Stanislaw Ulam Quotes

Exigencies create the necessary ability to meet and conquer them.

Ten thousand difficulties do not make one doubt.

Hope is definitely not the same thing as optimism. It is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out.

I've come over so many obstacles over the years, so now when things get chucked at me, I know that I can get through to the other side with the mindset that I've got.

I salute you for your courage, and I applaud your perseverance, and I embrace you for your faith in the face of adversarial forces.

As for difficulties," replied Ferguson, in a serious tone, "they were made to be overcome.

Faith without challenge is nothing.

I find faith in human perseverance, even as the universe throws challenge after challenge our way.

I do know that when my children are older and telling their own children about their grandmother, they will be able to say that she stood in the storm...and when the wind did not blow her way - - and it surely has not - - she adjusted her sails.

If we don't be going strong, we're going weak, and we can't afford to go weak. We've got too many problems to do that.

Victory is not the absence of problems, it is the presence of power.

I was raised to face any challenge.

The strongest oak of the forest is not the one that is protected from the storm and hidden from the sun. It’s the one that stands in the open where it is compelled to struggle for its existence against the winds and rains and the scorching sun.

Yield thou not to adversity, but press on the more bravely.

It is important to live each day with a positive perspective. It is not wise to pretend problems do not exist, but it is wise to look beyond the problem to the possibilities that are in it. When Goliath came against the Israelites, the soldiers all thought, "He's so big, we can never kill him." But David looked at the same giant and thought, "He's so big, I can't miss him.

No, my heart will not yet despair. Gandalf fell and has returned and is with us. We may stand, if only on one leg, or at least be left still upon our knees.

The harder they hit, the more encouraged I get.

Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them.

If you take each challenge one step at a time, with faith in every footstep, your strength and understanding will increase.

I can fathom anything, man. I love biting off more than I can chew and figuring it out.

Courage is adversity's lamp.

My Brethren if thou endure thy trials well though shalt be exalted.

Patience has the meaning of testing-a thing drawn out and tested, drawn out to the last strand in a strain without breaking, and ending in sheer joy. The strain on a violin string when stretched to the uttermost gives it its strength; and the stronger the strain, the finer is the sound of our life for God, and He never strains more than we are able to bear.

They're gonna keep knocking away until all this comes crashing down. But I'm not gonna ever crash. I'm in control.