Ramakrishna Quotes

I learned a lot in those first years in Miami, while struggling just for survival, by observing my father's fortitude.

The storms come and go, the waves crash overhead, the big fish eat the little fish, and I keep on paddling. (Varys)

when times are tough, the weak bail and the tough get creative.

Surviving, that's my plan.

The eagle had two natural enemies: storms and serpents. He embraced the storm, waiting on the rock for the right thermal current and then using that to carry him higher. While other birds were taking cover, the eagle was soaring. An eagle would never fight against the storms of life.

The trick at every turn was to endure the test of living for as long as possible. The odds of survival were punishingly slim, for the world was naught by a school of calamity and an endless burning furnace of tribulation. But those who survived the world shaped it--even as the world, simultaneously, shaped them.

We have to do what we have to do. Miracles happen. The life force of this planet is very strong. Dandelions poke through sidewalks. We don't know enough to give up. We only know enough to know that we have to try to change the course of human events.

I'm here because they've killed almost all of us, but not all of us. And that's their mistake, son. That's the flaw in their plan. Because if you don't kill all of us at once, whoever's left are not going to be the weak ones. The strong ones- and only the strong ones- will survive. The bent but unbroken, if you know what I mean. People like me. And people like you.

I have a different kind of experience than other girls had. I've had to face a lot of different styles and adjust to them. I had to face a lot of bad situations and come back. I've had to fight with my eyes swollen shut and my nose broken and bloody.

Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong.

I've been in a lot of trouble and come out of it. I think it shows a lot of good character.

Through these adversities, Israel has endured with continued strength, conviction, and faith.

I'm a very tough guy, and I fight hard, and I don't give up. And that makes me friends and that makes me enemies, and I know that.

In my early days in school, I had no shoes, no school bags. There were days I had only one meal... I walked miles and crossed rivers to school every day. Didn't have power, didn't have generators, studied with lanterns, but I never despaired.

I've always believed in survival.

Young people have a marvelous faculty of either dying or adapting themselves to circumstances.

Exigencies create the necessary ability to meet and conquer them.

Poverty is uncomfortable; but nine times out of ten the best thing that can happen to a young man is to be tossed overboard and compelled to sink or swim.

Necessity may well be called the mother of invention but calamity is the test of integrity.

It takes a lot of energy and creativity to make such screwed up lives carry on. And the kind of will people have to survive, year after year, dealing with that stuff, is weirdly impressive.

The rules of survival never change, whether you're in a desert or in an arena.

I've lived through a lifetime of crises and survived.

Individually and collectively, Cherokee people possess an extraordinary ability to face down adversity and continue moving forward.

Fascinations breeds preparedness, and preparedness, survival.

You don't want people who have never had to deal with adversity - you want people who have been able to deal successfully with adversity. That's what adds to society. Those are going to be the hardest-working, best people.