"Someone once said, 'Adversity introduces a man to himself.' For some reason, that's scary, but most people discover that adversity does make them stronger."

-- Max Cleland

#Adversity Quotes #Men Quotes #People Quotes

“If men wound you with injuries, meet them with patience; hasty words rankle the wound, soft language dresses it, forgiveness cures it, and oblivion takes away the scar. It is more noble by silence to avoid an injury than by argument to overcome it.”
“Why does a literary scholar study the world of "fiction"? To show us that the facts can never be understood except in communion with the imagination.”
“Things may happen and often do to people as brainy and footsy as you”
“People aren't evil and people aren't good. They live how they can one day at a time. They come out of dust they go back to dust, dusty feet, no wings, and whose fault is that?”

Source : Caryl Churchill (2008). “Plays Four”, Nick Hern Books
“I want you to really be able to grasp the wonder of it, the marvel of it, the size of it and really be able to get a good conception of its magnificence and it tremendous colossal gigantic stupendous size and beauty and splendour!”
“I had art as a major, along with English, French and History. I had dance, modern dance. In English I was allowed to write my own poetry, which I eventually got published.”
“I've done modeling since I was 18, but it didn't take off until I moved to Los Angeles. Modeling has always been something I've been really good at, and has been something that's helped pay bills.”

Source : "Katherine Webb discusses her Swimsuit debut, fame and more". Interview with Jimmy Traina, www.si.com. January 11, 2013.
“I am absolutely convinced that Florida will become the most exciting place in the world to live and work.”

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