Adversity Quotes
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Every adversity contains, at the same time, a seed of equivalent opportunity!
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I am a quiet man who grows through adversity.
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For in all adversity of fortune the worst sort of misery is to have been happy.
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Adversity gives birth to greatness. The greater the challenges and difficulties we face, the greater the opportunity we have to grow and develop as people. A life without adversity, a life of ease and comfort, produces nothing and leaves us with nothing. This is one of the indisputable facts of life.
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In the face of adversity, you find out if you're a fighter or a quitter. It's all about getting up after you've been knocked down.
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To me, obstacles in life build character. You have to be able to overcome adversity in order to succeed and appreciate the simple things life has to offer... that's where most of my inspiration for writing and singing comes from.
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Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.
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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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It's a tough pill to swallow but we can either run from adversity or we can face our adversity head on and conquer it. And that's what I plan to do.
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I definitely thrive off adversity. I know it's always up from there.
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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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The legacies that parents and church and teachers left to my generation of Black children were priceless but not material: a living faith reflected in daily service, the discipline of hard work and stick-to-itiveness, and a capacity to struggle in the face of adversity.
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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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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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In the adversity of our best friends we often find something that does not displease us.
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Problems are the cutting edge that distinguishes between success and failure. Problems ... create our courage and wisdom.
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By trying we can easily learn to endure adversity. Another man's, I mean.
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You're going to face adversity. It's not if - it's when.
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Adversity is simply part of earth life. From it we can grow and progress if we choose to. Yes, some trials come because of our own disobedience, but many trials are simply part of life.
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In prosperity, our friends know us; in adversity, we know our friends.
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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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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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Exemplary persons are steadfast in the face of adversity, while petty persons are engulfed by it.
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All the adversity I've had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me.
