Menander Quotes
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Many who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy; many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable.
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Every great man, every successful man, no matter what the field of endeavor, has known the magic that lies in these words: every adversity has the seed of an equivalent or greater benefit.
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For a lot of people, Superman is and has always been America's hero. He stands for what we believe is the best within us: limitless strength tempered by compassion, that can bear adversity and emerge stronger on the other side. He stands for what we all feel we would like to be able to stand for, when standing is hardest.
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Memory tempers prosperity, mitigates adversity, controls youth, and delights old age.
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With an undefended heart, we can fall in love with life over and over every day. We can become children of wonder, grateful to be walking on earth, grateful to belong with each other and to all of creation. We can find our true refuge in every moment, in every breath.
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Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters.
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True refuge is that which allows us to be at home, at peace, to discover true happiness. The only thing that can give us true refuge is the awareness and love that is intrinsic to who we are. Ultimately, it's our own true nature.
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Sometimes adversity is what you need to face in order to become successful.
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We see many who are struggling against adversity who are happy, and more although abounding in wealth, who are wretched.
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Movie directing is a perfect refuge for the mediocre.
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How you deal with adversity says a lot about the kind of players you've got and the kind of team we've got.
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There is no better than adversity. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance the next time.
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I try to find scripts of stories that kinda celebrate the human condition... let's talk about the tough world out there and the human spirit overcoming adversity.
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I wish that only three residents of Tel Aviv could see what conditions on the West Bank are like. Living in such proximity, most Israelis have no idea about the adversity on the West Bank.
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Back, n. That part of your friend which it is your privilege to contemplate in your adversity.
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Adversity isn't an obstacle that we need to get around in order to resume living our life. It's part of our life.
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Be moderate in prosperity, prudent in adversity.
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Three hundred years ago a prisoner condemned to the Tower of London carved on the wall of his cell this sentiment to keep up his spirits during his long imprisonment: 'It is not adversity that kills, but the impatience with which we bear adversity.
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There are times in everyone's life when something constructive is born out of adversity... when things seem so bad that you've got to grab your fate by the shoulders and shake it.
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If we continue...to consume the world until there's no more to consume, then there's going to come a day, sure as hell, when our children or their children or their children's children are going to look back on us - on you and me - and say to themselves, "My God, what kind of monsters were these people?"
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The most essential part of my day is a proper dinner.
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The world is a tougher place to live in than it was back then, as we come into the computer age.
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Anyone that has come to America past the age of eighteen will be able to understand when I say that you can never shake your accent.
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Art is man's refuge from adversity.
