Don DeLillo Quotes

My life is a struggle.

There's always been adversity, wherever I've gone.

Adversity is the diamond dust Heaven polishes its jewels with.

Comfort and prosperity have never enriched the world as much as adversity has.

There's always going to be adversity.

Everyone faces adversity.

I've known struggle.

You are bound to undergo hardships, and it has been no different for me.

Things have never been easy for us, from the beginning.

I've had, what, two years? Probably five good years. Before that I had twenty years of uncertainty and suffering and ego destruction and poverty. All those things. That'll always outweigh the good times.

A man I am cross'd with adversity.

What is life without its angles of difficulty and defeat, and its tip of triumph and power?

Everything's been a struggle for me.

My life was pretty rough.

Adversities such as being homeless and going to prison has made many people stronger.

It's true that I suffered a lot, especially when I was younger.

A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity 'til he has tasted adversity.

The good things of prosperity are to be wished; but the good things that belong to adversity are to be admired.

These times are so hard, and they're getting even harder.

As for us, during twenty years' reign, we have known much bitterness.

God never promised us a trouble-free life.

God, he deals you blows that at sometimes you think you can't handle and in the last year there have been things that we thought we couldn't handle but we've dealt with it up until this point.

A lot of people struggle in their younger years, and I think people can relate to that.

Others live on in a careless and lukewarm state - not appearing to fill Longfellow's measure: 'Into each life, some rain must fall.'

I'm not at all interested in the brave who fight against the odds and win. I am interested in those who accept their lot, as that is what many people in the world are doing. They do their best in ghastly conditions.