Seneca the Younger (Seneca) Quotes
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Many who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy; many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable.
Tacitus -
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.
J. Michael Straczynski -
Memory tempers prosperity, mitigates adversity, controls youth, and delights old age.
Lactantius -
Yes, I did shatter my leg, and it really changed my life, in a way. It wasn't much fun, but it did open me up, and as we all know intuitively, adversity can develop resources.
Dan Millman -
Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters.
Victor Hugo -
Numerous have been the manifestations of God's providence in sustaining us. In the gloomy period of adversity, we have had 'our cloud by day and pillar of fire by night.' We have been reduced to distress, and the arm of Omnipotence has raised us up.
Samuel Adams
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We see many who are struggling against adversity who are happy, and more although abounding in wealth, who are wretched.
Tacitus -
How you deal with adversity says a lot about the kind of players you've got and the kind of team we've got.
Aaron Rodgers -
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.
Malcolm X -
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.
Garry Marshall -
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.
Zubin Mehta -
Back, n. That part of your friend which it is your privilege to contemplate in your adversity.
Ambrose Bierce
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I don't want to sound Pollyannish about this. I understand that poverty is never just poverty. It's often this collection of maladies, this compounded adversity. I'm not naive about the problem. But I think that stable, steady housing is one of the surest footholds we could have on the road to financial stability.
Matthew Desmond -
Be moderate in prosperity, prudent in adversity.
Periander -
People can grow from adversity as much as they do from prosperity.
Andrew Yan -
I'm used to adversity and working really well in difficult situations. It was hard for me to accept the success.
Paula Cole -
Initially, I know that I handled it worse than she did and I think partly because I've always been... every bit of adversity I've faced up until the last year and a half is adversity I brought upon myself - or the opposing teams have given me.
Brett Favre -
Adversity creates comedy.
Darren Star
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I was just a little girl watching TV and wanting to be in it. My parents had no idea how to get me there, but here I am as a part of this great cast on the Disney Channel. Truly, if you just want to do this, then you have to commit to it.
Brenda Song -
I only see clearly what I remember.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau -
Do you have to fight that war? Do you have to strap Assault riffles And pebbles of bullets? There are men and women Trained to fight that war, You are a town crier.
Christopher Okigbo -
Adversity finds at last the man whom she has often passed by.
Seneca the Younger