I Think Persistence In The Face Of Adversity Is An Essential Part Of A Writer’s Job Description. If You Don’t Care Enough About It To Avoid Being Easily Disheartened That Way, You Really Should Be Doing Something Else.
When Working On A Project, If You Put Away A Tool That You're Certain You're Finished With, You Will Need It Instantly.
If There Is A Possibility Of Several Things Going Wrong, The One That Will Cause The Most Damage Will Be The One To Go Wrong.
Do Not Be Afraid Of Your Difficulties.do Not Wish You Could Be In Other Circumstances Than You Are. For When You Have Made The Best Of An Adversity, It Becomes The Stepping Stone To A Splendid Opportunity.
Adversity Has The Same Effect On A Man That Severe Training Has On The Pugilist: It Reduces Him To His Fighting Weight.
As The Flint Contains The Spark, Unknown To Itself, Which The Steel Alone Can Awaken To Life, So Adversity Often Reveals To Us Hidden Gems, Which Prosperity Or Negligence Would Forever Have Hidden.
Cunning, N. The Faculty That Distinguishes A Weak Animal Or Person From A Strong One. It Brings Its Possessor Much Mental Satisfaction And Great Material Adversity. An Italian Proverb Says: "the Furrier Gets The Skins Of More Foxes Than Asses."
When Prosperous The Fool Trembles For The Evil That Is To Come; In Adversity The Philosopher Smiles For The Good That He Has Had.
That Part Of Your Friend Which It Is Your Privilege To Contemplate In Your Adversity
Optimism, N. The Doctrine, Or Belief, That Everything Is Beautiful, Including What Is Ugly, Everything Good, Especially The Bad, And Everything Right That Is Wrong. It Is Held With Greatest Tenacity By Those Most Accustomed To The Mischance Of Falling Into Adversity, And Is Most Acceptably Expounded With Disproof - An Intellectual Disorder, Yielding To No Treatment But Death. It Is Hereditary, But Fortunately Not Contagious.
