Adversity Quotes
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Having grown up in a segregated environment in the south I know what it's like to be stepped on, I know what it's like also to see some black hero do well in the face of adversity.
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Friendship, of itself a holy tie, is made more sacred by adversity.
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Your persistence is, in fact, the true measure of your belief in yourself and your ability to succeed. Each time that you persist in the face of adversity and disappointment, you build the habit of persistence.
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Don't let the workings of adversity totally absorb your life. Try to understand what you can. Act where you are able; then let the matter rest with the Lord for a period while you give to others in worthy ways before you take on appropriate concern again.
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We talk about mental toughness all the time. That's the biggest thing good teams have, that they can overcome adversity.
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Even the most daring and accomplished people have undergone tremendous difficulty. In fact, the more successful they became, the more they attributed their success to the lessons learned during their most difficult times. Adversity is our teacher. When we view adversity as a guide towards greater inner growth, we will then learn to accept the wisdom our soul came into this life to learn.
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It is... very helpful to think of adversity not so much as a threat to our peace of mind but rather as the very means by which patience is attained.
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No matter what your circumstances are, whether you are in prosperity or in adversity, you can learn from every person, transaction, and circumstance around you.
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In all adversity, what God takes away He may give us back with increase.
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Prosperity getteth friends, but adversity trieth them.
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If you choose to go hard after God, you’ll experience more adversity than you would encounter if you played it safe, but you’ll delight in more power and love than you ever dreamed possible.
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He knows not his own strength who hath not met adversity.
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Winter does adversely affect [the roads] and our roads have been let go, so they're more and more porous. We're going to have to put more and more emphasis on permanent patch and maintenance, so I expect a great deal of roads breaking up in the spring.
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Adversity draws men together and produces beauty and harmony in life's relationships, just as the cold of winter produces ice-flowers on the window-panes, which vanish with the warmth.
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Adversity shows whether we have friends, or only the shadows of friends.
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I've always risen to the challenge and faced adversity; it's just a part of who I am.
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We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.
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It's a tough loss. We've been through a lot of adversity all season long. We've been able to bounce back and come back.
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In prosperity it is very easy to find a friend; but in adversity it is the most difficult of all things.
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The more a person loves God, the more reason he has to hope in Him. This hope produces in the Saints an unutterable peace, which they preserve even in adversity, because as they love God, and know how beautiful He is to those who love Him, they place all their confidence and find all their repose in Him alone.
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Adversity, and perseverance and all these things can shape you. They can give you a value and a self-esteem that is priceless.
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As days lengthen into weeks and months and even years of adversity, the hurt grows deeper. The Church cannot hope to save a man on Sunday if during the week it is a complacent witness to the crucifixion of his soul.
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With celestial sight, trials impossible to change become possible to endure.
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Adversity challenges the masks we hide behind, revealing sides of ourselves we have not yet comfortably with the world outside. It is why we dislike adversity, because we have to face what we don't yet understand about ourselves.
