Famous Quotes & Sayings

Aaron Schock

I also know that every person faces adversity in life. Abraham Lincoln held this seat in Congress in one term. But few faced as many defeats in his personal, business and public life as he did,

Charlotte Bronte

Adversity is a good school.

Charles Dickens

It is the last straw that breaks the camel's back.

Charles Caleb Colton

Sometimes the greatest adversities turn out to be the greatest blessings.

Charles Caleb Colton

He that has never suffered extreme adversity knows not the full extent of his own depravation.

Charles Caleb Colton

He that swells in prosperity will be sure to shrink in adversity.

Charles Caleb Colton

He that has never known adversity is but half acquainted with others, or with himself.

Charles Stanley

Often times God demonstrates His faithfulness in adversity by providing for us what we need to survive. He does not change our painful circumstances. He sustains us through them.

Charles Spurgeon

Many a text [of Scripture] is written in a secret ink which must be held to the fire of adversity to make it visible.

Brian Wilson

I'm doing good. I've had a slight nervous breakdown in the '60s. I got through that. And I got through the '70s. And I was in a doctor's program during the '80s and then I met Melinda and we've been together ever since. I've got a happy life.

Byron Katie

There's no way that a clear mind can live an unhappy life.

Bernie Siegel

Studies of volunteers have shown there is a benefit to performing acts of love for other people. The irony is that it is actually in your best interest to be selfless. The things you do for the benefit of others not only make you feel fulfilled, they increase your chances of living a long and happy life. Remember that an act of love always benefits at least two people.

Chad Kroeger

Happy wife, happy life. I think every man learns that quick. Really quick.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

The cross is not the terrible end to an otherwise God-fearing and happy life, but it meets us at the beginning of our communion with Christ. When Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die.

Coco Chanel

May my legend prosper and thrive. I wish it a long and happy life.

Dennis Prager

An unhappy life is a life not lived.

Ai Weiwei

I call on people to be 'obsessed citizens,' forever questioning and asking for accountability. That's the only chance we have today of a healthy and happy life.

Aristotle

The happy life is regarded as a life in conformity with virtue. It is a life which involves effort and is not spent in amusement.

Agnetha Faltskog

My path has not been determined. I shall have more experiences and pass many more milestones.

Byron Katie

I am never unhappy, you can achieve that as well.

Eckhart Tolle

Emotion in itself is not unhappiness. Only emotion plus an unhappy story is unhappiness

Brian Tracy

If you're unhappy, what is it in your life that you're not facing?

Camille Paglia

The unhappy truth is that male homosexuality will never be fully accepted by the heterosexual majority, who are obeying the dictates not of bigoted society or religion but of procreative nature.

Bernard Kouchner

I am sad that the LDK has chosen not to participate in that first meeting. They are unhappy about the current composition of the council.

Charles M. Schulz

Linus: What would you say you want most out of life, Charlie Brown? To be happy? CB: Oh, no. I don't expect that. I really don't. I just don't want to be unhappy!

Bill Gates

Learn from your unhappy customers.

Blaise Pascal

The authority of reason is far more imperious than that of a master; for he who disobeys the one is unhappy, but he who disobeys the other is a fool.