Joseph Brodsky Quotes

Everyone deals with adversity. It's how you bounce back from it.

You can't avoid pain, but you can choose to overcome it.

Don't let a kick in the ass stop you. It's how you cope that says what you are.

You know you're going to get burned from time to time. It's just part of the game. So when it happens you have to pick yourself up, dust yourself off and forget about it because they're about to snap the ball again.

For me, survival is the ability to cope with difficulties, with circumstances, and to overcome them.

Adversity is a good test of our resiliency, our ability to cope, to stand back up, to recover from misfortune. Adversity is a painful pedagogue.

To be emotionally resilient and to overcome your circumstances, not through fighting, but through being courageous and having endurance was something I thought was of primary importance.

Every calamity is to be overcome by endurance.

Every season will have its dips and hard moments, and the challenge then is to make sure you don't get too down in those moments and make sure you come back fighting.

I think we build resilience to prepare for whatever adversity we'll face. And we all face some adversity - we're all living some form of Option B.

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.

Football is not always easy; you need to navigate through some adversity.

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.

Sometimes I think you just have to decide if you're going to stand up and get on with it or if you're going to be crushed and threatened.

One who does not fall, does not stand up.

If we approach adversities wisely, our hardest times can be times of greatest growth, which in turn can lead toward times of greatest happiness.

Life will hit you hard in the face, wait for you to get back up just so it can kick you in the stomach. But getting the wind knocked out of you is the only way to remind your lungs how much they like the taste of air.

Nietzsche famously said "Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger." But what he failed to stress is that it almost kills you.

Don't give up. You're going to get kicked in the teeth. A lot. Learn to take a hit, then pick yourself up off the floor. Resilience is the true key to success.

Our predecessors overcame many troubles and much suffering, but each time got back up stronger than before.

Everyone experiences tough times, it is a measure of your determination and dedication how you deal with them and how you can come through them.

We've all had our moments of weakness, and if we manage to get through today without any, we'll be sure to have some tomorrow.

If something goes wrong, don’t whine about it. Have a spine about it. Adjust, adapt, and move forward.

You must remember that no one lives a life free from pain and suffering.

At first I was almost about to despair, I thought I never could bear it — but I did I bear it. The question remains: how?