Simone Giertz Quotes

I mean, the things you think will never happen, you have to confront; those things that come into your life that you thought you never could deal with, you do.

As much as a given condition can be bad at a moment in time, it could be a lot worse.

Adversity is simply part of earth life. From it we can grow and progress if we choose to. Yes, some trials come because of our own disobedience, but many trials are simply part of life.

I've learned at the book signings that everyone has obstacles.

Out of difficulties grow miracles.

I never thought of having cancer as something that was unfair. I just braced myself and tried to get through it.

Life ain't always beautiful, but it's a beautiful ride.

The problem is not that there are problems. The problem is expecting otherwise and thinking that having problems is a problem.

Life is not perfect.

Life constantly presents the greatest opportunity brilliantly disguised as the biggest disaster.

To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering.

Of course, losing my father was traumatic. I was an only child. But from the time my father died, my general theme in life has been to turn adversity into opportunity.

I've learned the lesson that when you're in the middle of something that seems overwhelming, or you're in a bad situation and it seems like it's the end of the world or whatever, then you learn that it's not.

Life is not mean to be easy.

I hope not to define myself by suffering.

There have been bumps, but everything has happened for a reason - maybe apart from the loss of some loved ones - and we have always tried to find a positive from it.

Life is nothing without ups and downs.

You have to take the good with the bad in life.

Life is not always going to be roses and rainbows. You are going to have uncomfortable moments. It's what we do with those moments that is going to count and determine our destiny.

If you're going through something, just know that you're gonna come out on the other side. You're going through it - you're not stuck there forever.

I'm an optimist, so I think everything can be worked out and fixed. But from having cancer I learned that even if you're even an optimist, sometimes you just have to face the facts that certain things are broken.

I have had many troubles in my life, but the worst of them never came.

The lotus comes from the murkiest water but grows into the purest thing.

Yes, I did shatter my leg, and it really changed my life, in a way. It wasn't much fun, but it did open me up, and as we all know intuitively, adversity can develop resources.

My life has never been easy. It's like all the major events of my life have always been difficult.