Adversity Quotes
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Adversity in life does not rob your heart of beauty. It simply teaches it a new song to sing.
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The test of friendship is assistance in adversity, and that, too, unconditional assistance.
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My ability to survive personal crises is really a mark of the character of my people. Individually and collectively, we must react with a tenacity that allows us again and again to bounce back from adversity.
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You don't just deal with adversity. You use it to propel you forward.
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Opposition is a natural part of life. Just as we develop our physical muscles through overcoming opposition - such as lifting weights - we develop our character muscles by overcoming challenges and adversity.
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Just as the mighty sequoia would topple without a community of supporting trees, believers who seek transformation apart from a Christian community are vulnerable to spiritually topple in the winds of adversity.
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I haven't always acted or reacted in a way that made me proud, but I didn't make that same mistake twice, and I think that's what I love about adversity is that it always reminds me of what's really valuable in life.
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What a testing of character adversity is.
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The hungry men were seen, followed by their valets, roaming the quais and guards' quarters; gleaning from their outside friends all the dinners they could find; for, according to Aramis, in prosperity one should sow meals right and left, in order to harvest some in adversity.
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What is a bad thing anyway? A bad thing is something that is different than what I want. Who gets to decide what the bad thing is? Jerry and Esther watched the mother bird lay her eggs in the nest, and then the neighbor's cat ate the baby bird. Esther said "bad cat!" And the cat said, "good bird!
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Sisters are a shield against life's cruel adversity.
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But if everything was always smooth and perfect, you'd get too used to that, you know? You have to have a little bit of disorganization now and then. Otherwise, you'll never really enjoy it when things go right.
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When you take the problems of the world on your shoulders, your body doesn't feel good. It's just that simple. Leave the problems of the world to the individual problem-makers of the world, and you be the joy-seeker that you are.
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Through adversity we find our better self.
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When you have adversity and you have pain, you never feel more alone than you do at that moment. And you can be surrounded by hundreds of thousands of people.
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Adversity does teach who your real friends are.
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Often God has to shut a door in our face, so that He can subsequently open the door through which He wants us to go.
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For every one hundred men who can stand adversity there is only one who can withstand prosperity.
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Adversity has the effect of drawing out strength and qualities of a man that would have laid dormant in its absence.
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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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Your first big trouble can be a bonanza if you live through it. Get through the first trouble, and you'll probably make it through the next one.
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If you voluntarily quit in the face of adversity, you'll wonder about it for the rest of your life.
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No human being is immune to adversity or personal setbacks.
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Make fun of death. We are as dead as it gets, and we are fully aware of this joyous experience. We are with you every time you allow it. We are in every singing bird and in every joyful child. We are part of every delicious pulsing in your environment. We are not dead, and neither will you ever be! You will just get up, one day, and get out of the movie.
