Adversity Quotes
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In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider.
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The people who best use their advantages, or overcome adversity, and work honestly are those most worthy of admiration.
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I'm used to adversity and working really well in difficult situations. It was hard for me to accept the success.
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My mom has always just been one of those people who handle adversity and challenges, and really everything, with so much grace and elegance. I saw it all the time.
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As there is no worldly gain without some loss, so there is no worldly loss without some gain.... Set the allowance against the loss, and thou shalt find no loss great.
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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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The experienced mountain climber is not intimidated by a mountain - he is inspired by it. The persistent winner is not discouraged by a problem--he is challenged by it. Mountains are created to be conquered; adversities are designed to be defeated; problems are sent to be solved. It is better to master one mountain than a thousand foothills.
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There is a sort of natural instinct of human dignity in the heart of man which steels his very nerves not to bend beneath the heavy blows of a great adversity. The palm-tree grows best beneath a ponderous weight, even so the character of man. There is no merit in it, it is a law of psychology. The petty pangs of small daily cares have often bent the character of men, but great misfortunes seldom. There is less danger in this than in great good luck.
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Every adversity contains, at the same time, a seed of equivalent opportunity!
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For in all adversity of fortune the worst sort of misery is to have been happy.
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America has always built ourselves out of adversity. All the way back to the Great Depression.
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By trying we can easily learn to endure adversity. Another man's, I mean.
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Weak minds sink under prosperity as well as adversity; but strong and deep ones have two high tides.
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For Black Label Special Opps, adversity is what you thrive on. General Patton is a huge fan favorite in Black Label.
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Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.
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I can’t pretend to have worked my way up through adversity. I need the money not for food like other people, but to prove that I’m worth something. Jaws freed me to discover that a successful movie didn’t make a damn bit of difference to my life.
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The only good thing about times of adversity is that you realize who your real friends and fans are - and the rest go away - which in my mind is an OK thing.
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It takes no more time to see the good side of life than to see the bad.
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In prosperity, our friends know us; in adversity, we know our friends.
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Even when the universe made it quite clear to me that I was mistaken in my certainties ... I did not break. The shattering of my sureties did not shatter me.
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You may feel singled out when adversity enters your life. You shake your head and wonder, 'Why me?'
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Exemplary persons are steadfast in the face of adversity, while petty persons are engulfed by it.
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It was a high speech of Seneca (after the manner of the Stoics), that 'The good things which belong to prosperity are to be wished, but the good things that belong to adversity are to be admired.'
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Problems are the cutting edge that distinguishes between success and failure. Problems ... create our courage and wisdom.
