Adversity Quote by Richard Pryor Download Open image “It's been a struggle for me because I had a chance to be white and refused.” — Richard Pryor ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.9 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Adversity Chance Luck Struggle White
I was conscious of the fact that it could be to my disadvantage to marry a white guy - that some folks would hold… — Susan Rice Copy Share Image
Sometimes it seems as if I have spent the first half of my life refusing to let white people define me and the second… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
And I can relate to that, because I went to an all white school, so I knew what that was like. And it was… — Rachel True Copy Share Image
There is no reason for you to try to become like white people and there is no basis whatever for their impertinent assumption that… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I have never felt the pain of not being white the way I've felt it since I've been a public figure/part of this entertainment… — Azealia Banks Copy Share Image
I went to a predominantly white school, and I was the only black girl. I can remember thinking, 'I don't want to be as… — Kelly Rowland Copy Share Image
I think that one of the hardest things in the world to be is a black male. I mean everyone hates your guts. White men are afraid of you. White women are afraid of you. The cops hate you. The government wants you dead. Your own people want to shoot you for what you got. You just can't get over… — Henry Rollins Copy Share
I was made fun of in the Midwest - I was the only Asian in my graduating class of 200. Fortunately, I found my… — Reggie Lee Copy Share Image
I don't have a problem with being black in a white country or being with my people. — Tina Turner Copy Share Image
I had to fight hard against loneliness, abuse, and the knowledge that any mistakes I made would be magnified because I was the only… — Jackie Robinson Copy Share Image
My privileged upbringing and education and linguistic fluency gave me such proximity to whiteness that it stung all the more to still find myself… — Jenny Zhang Copy Share Image
But in my life, the vast majority of people that have really afforded me the opportunity to succeed were white folks. — Tim Scott Copy Share Image
It's so much easier for me to talk about my life in front of two thousand people than it is one-to-one. I'm a real… — Richard Pryor Copy Share Image
A sold-out house my first night back. Do you have any idea what kinda pressure that is? I could have been at home in… — Richard Pryor Copy Share Image
When you're running down the street on fire, people get out of your way! — Richard Pryor Copy Share Image
Marriage is really tough because you have to deal with feelings... and lawyers. — Richard Pryor Copy Share Image
Now they're calling taking drugs an epidemic - that's cos white folks are doing it. — Richard Pryor Copy Share Image
What I never understand about a hangover is, where does the breath come from? You know what I mean? I mean, is someone shitting… — Richard Pryor Copy Share Image
I believe the ability to think is blessed. If you can think about a situation, you can deal with it. The big struggle is… — Richard Pryor Copy Share Image
You work your butt off and somebody says you can't have your record played because it offends them. Tyrants are made of such stuff. — Richard Pryor Copy Share Image
We love playing together and we love adversity. You know, back-to-back, the two best teams in the East. — Steve Nash Copy Share Image
“The threats that resurfaced in the past 10 years were not an aberration. Al Qaeda and terrorism or one such threat, but it was actually not the most serious threat that the United States faced. The president can and should speak of foreseeing an era in which these threats don't exist, but you must not believe his own rhetoric. To… — George Friedman Copy Share
He who is content with what has been done is an obstacle in the path of progress. — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
“Friction is necessary. Ease of life leads to complacency and the atrophy of the human will and spirit. Within our struggles lives our strength, within our trials lives our triumphs. Friction creates a platform for change, generates heat and or fervor and creates a motivational charge that gives us an opportunity to be better. A gem cannot be polished without… — Jason Versey Copy Share
“Every adversity is just another opportunity to excel a little more.” — Michel Templet Copy Share Image
“Just because she doesn't talk about it, doesn't mean she isn't feeling it. She hurts, but she won't wear it on her sleeve. She will never let an illness, a diagnosis, or a prediction, define her. She doesn't want sympathy, because that type of attention is not her goal. She'd rather you see the woman who smiles in the face… — Alfa H Copy Share
Every trial endured and weathered in the right spirit makes a soul nobler and stronger than it was before. — James Buckham Kennedy Copy Share Image
“Struggles are not associated to a particular people or creed, everyone struggles, not for the same reasons, but each has a personal struggle at… — Wayne Chirisa Copy Share Image
God often hides His blessing in trouble or trial, which makes it all the sweeter when it comes our way. — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
