Alycia Debnam-Carey Quotes

We live, not as we wish to, but as we can.

If it is ones lot to be cast among fools, one must learn foolishness.-The Count of Monte Cristo

We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the game.

Each must act as he thinks best; and if he is wrong, so much the worse for him. We stand on a mountain pass in the midst of whirling snow and blinding mist through which we get glimpses now and then of paths which may be deceptive. If we stand still we shall be frozen to death. If we take the wrong road we shall be dashed to pieces. We do not certainly know whether there is any right one. What must we do? Be strong and of a good courage. Act for the best, hope for the best, and take what comes. . . . If death ends all, we cannot meet death better.

Life's tough," Mia said with a shrug. "You play the cards you're dealt or you fold.

You gotta play the hand that's dealt you. There may be pain in that hand, but you play it. And I've played it.

I'm a victim of maybe circumstances, but look at how it worked out.

Just because Fate doesn't deal you the right cards, it doesn't mean you should give up. It just means you have to play the cards you get to their maximum potential.

One must know the so-called 'lesson of a downpour.' A man, caught in a sudden rain en route, dashes along the road not to get wet or drenched. Once one takes it for granted that in rain he naturally gets wet, he can be in a tranquil frame of mind even when soaked to the skin. This lesson applies to everything.

Life isn't fair. It's true, and you still have to deal with it. Whining about it rarely levels the playing field, but learning to rise above it is the ultimate reward.

I guess you deal with what you get.

When fate hands you a lemon, make lemonade.

Life never works out the way you think it will. But you just have to deal with it.

How many 54-year-old quadriplegics are putting albums out? You just have to deal with what you got, try to sustain yourself as best you can, and look to the things that you can do.

Nature deals the cards without thought or care, and there is no point in blaming the dealer. All we can do is make the best of the hands we have been dealt.

If you can't change your fate, change your attitude.

Events will take their course, it is no good of being angry at them; he is happiest who wisely turns them to the best account.

When you have tough times, and when you learn you can't be perfect in every situation, it's hard to accept, you know, because I still do expect that. But you just have to, because, you know, it's not about the situation. It's how you deal with it. You always have a choice.

I'm just kind of taking what I get and making the best out of it, honestly.

The comparison to Willie Beamen - that was pretty harsh, but everything happens for a reason and like I said, you can't control it.

Both 'Saturday Church' and 'Pose' are incredible because they demonstrate something essential about survival. When you get pushed hard enough by certain circumstances, your survival mechanism kicks in, and you grow into the things that you need or are missing in your life.

Sometimes, life is unfair, and you have to suck it up and move on and not use it as an excuse.

I realised that I had a choice to either feel angry about not having arms and legs, or thankful for having my family, friends and my little foot.

In everybody’s life there’s a point of no return. And in a very few cases, a point where you can’t go forward anymore. And when we reach that point, all we can do is quietly accept the fact. That’s how we survive.

As in a game ov cards, so in the game ov life, we must play what is dealt tew us, and the glory consists, not so mutch in winning, as in playing a poor hand well.