Strong and rare natures are thus created; misery, almost always a stepmother, is sometimes a mother; privation gives birth to power of soul and mind; distress is the nurse of self-respect; misfortune is a good breast for great souls.
Adversity makes men remember God.
True adventure begins when everything goes wrong.
Keep in mind, when you hit rock bottom, there ain't nowhere to go but up, baby.
And sometimes when you fall... you fly...
Hope begins in the dark.
If I can make myself laugh about something that I should be crying about, that's pretty good.
The only thing tragedy gives us is the opportunity to rebuild our life.
...stories that rise from deep suffering can provide the most potent remedies for past, present, and even future ills.
There's an angel that's watching right over you All your trials have not been in vain Won't you lift your head up to the starry night Finding strength in the things that remain.
The obstacle in the path becomes the path. Never forget, within every obstacle is an opportunity to improve our condition.
You may go through difficulty, hardship, or trial—but as long as you are anchored to Him, you will have hope.
Adversity always presents opportunities for introspection.
However much we do to avoid them, we shall never lack crosses in this life if we are in the ranks of the Crucified.
And falling's just another way to fly.
I find you have to take each day as it comes and be thankful for who's left and whatever you can still do.
She sits down and puts her hand to her chest and rocks. Thinks of all she has lost and will lose. All she has had and will have. It seems to her that life is like gathering berries into an apron with a hole. Why do we keep on? Because the berries are beautiful, and we must eat to survive. We catch what we can. We walk past what we lose for the promise of more, just ahead.
Only after disaster can we be resurrected.
Just when you think you've hit rock bottom, you realize you're standing on another trapdoor.
If people can live through genocide and retain compassion, if they can take strength in pain, if they are able, still, to laugh, then certainly we can learn something from them.
We all have to learn to live with our losses, and to use our regrets to spur us on in the future.
My dad always used to tell me that sometimes you have to have a massive storm in order to clear the sky.
I finally figured out that not every crisis can be managed. As much as we want to keep ourselves safe, we can't protect ourselves from everything. If we want to embrace life, we also have to embrace chaos.
If you carry your cross joyfully, it will carry you.
The point is, Ilsa Hermann had decided to make suffering her triumph. When it refused to let go of her, she succumbed to it. She embraced it.
