Adversity Quotes
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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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Just as so many rivers, so many showers of rain from above, so many medicinal springs do not alter the taste of the sea, so the pressure of adversity does not affect the mind of the brave man. For it maintains its balance, and over all that happens it throws its own complexion, because it is more powerful than external circumstances.
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The test of friendship is assistance in adversity, and that, too, unconditional assistance.
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Art is man's refuge from adversity.
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A true measure of an entrepreneur / successful-person is how they deal with adversity.
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Adversity is the diamond dust Heaven polishes its jewels with.
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Everybody can have a bad game, and we did. These guys have all proven that they can handle adversity. We're in the midst of a little adversity.
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Great men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.
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I really think that we changed the chemistry of the team. Sometimes it goes either way. For us it went the wrong way. You know what, I'd rather see this happen at this time of the year. Adversity makes people better.
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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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No one's life is a smooth sail; we all come into stormy weather. But it's this adversity - and more specifically our resilience - that makes us strong and successful.
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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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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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If you voluntarily quit in the face of adversity, you'll wonder about it for the rest of your life.
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Sisters are a shield against life's cruel adversity.
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You don't just deal with adversity. You use it to propel you forward.
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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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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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Adversity does teach who your real friends are.
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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.
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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.
