John Paul Jones Quotes

There is a big lesson in experiencing uncertainty and calamity with a sober focus - the most chaotic moments are the ones from which we can learn the most.

A master blesses calamity, for the master knows that from the seeds of disaster (and all experience) comes the growth of self.

You can't go through the kinds of things I've gone through, as much as I have, without re-evaluating yourself and making adjustments. And you can't endure these horrendous circumstances without developing a certain level of strength and wisdom.

Wanting to change, to improve, a person's situation means offering him, for difficulties in which he is practiced and experienced, other difficulties that will find him perhaps even more bewildered.

We can take suffering to be an opportunity to learn and to grow. But if we are honest, we should remember that this is making the best of a bad job, and that minimising suffering takes priority over optimising its outcome.

I think I got a lot of life skills; I got a lot of wisdom; I've seen a lot of bad things happen to a lot of good people.

I am extremely interested in how people negotiate catastrophe, not because I'm morbidly interested in it but because I'm interested in the secret of resilience; that's what I'm always exploring in the stories and the novels.

Things are not as we would like them to be. There is only one way to deal with it, namely to try and be all right oneself.

Everything's not going to go perfect. You're going to have some losses that you're going to have to bounce back from and some things that are a little unforeseen that you're going to have to deal with.

I think most people, no matter what their situation, manage to find joy and comfort in their daily lives. I also think things fall apart.

I mean, the things you think will never happen, you have to confront; those things that come into your life that you thought you never could deal with, you do.

I have had many troubles in my life, but the worst of them never came.

Every calamity is to be overcome by endurance.

I'm not going to stop having problems.

The road to perseverance lies by doubt.

When any calamity has been suffered the first thing to be remembered is, how much has been escaped.

You know, you have to have some inner philosophy to deal with adversity.

My truth is that what doesn't kill you makes you weaker rather than stronger, although it makes you wiser.

I keep living life as it's dealt to me. Sometimes, it's not dealt 100 percent. Sometimes it's dealt on the low '30s.

In spite of discouragement and adversity, those who are happiest seem to have a way of learning from difficult times, becoming stronger, wiser and happier as a result.

That's what I'm attracted to: how people face struggle - with humor - and how they handle tough situations in their lives and in conversations.

I do believe in the old saying, 'What does not kill you makes you stronger.' Our experiences, good and bad, make us who we are. By overcoming difficulties, we gain strength and maturity.

There are so many things that can happen to us in life where you think, 'I can't cope. I can't deal with it,' but you probably can.

When life is going to present you with tons of problems - really hard ones, some less hard, some debilitating - it's what you do about them that matters.

You're going to have some ups and downs, so you have to prepare yourself to be ready. Those down moments come.