Adversity Quotes
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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.
Marian Wright Edelman
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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.
Elliott Yamin
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Behind every adversity - is an opportunity!
Napoleon Hill
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I don't want to sound Pollyannish about this. I understand that poverty is never just poverty. It's often this collection of maladies, this compounded adversity. I'm not naive about the problem. But I think that stable, steady housing is one of the surest footholds we could have on the road to financial stability.
Matthew Desmond
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You have setbacks in your life, and adversity. You can be discouraged about it or have courage to get through it and be better.
Austin Seferian-Jenkins
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All season, we haven't given in to the adversity. (Monday), at times, we gave in to all of the negatives.
Aaron Kampman
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There will always be hard times. Use adversity to fuel your fire. In high school, I wanted to play quarterback but couldn't until I was a senior. I played wide receiver instead, and this ultimately helped me because I learned more about the game.
Ben Roethlisberger
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Nothing is harder to direct than a man in prosperity; nothing more easily managed that one is adversity.
Plutarch
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Sometimes adversity is what you need to face in order to become successful.
Zig Ziglar
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The Adversity Index was created by msnbc.com and Moody's Analytics to track the economic fortunes of states and metro areas. Each month, the Adversity Index uses government data on employment, industrial production, housing starts and home prices to label each area as expanding, at risk of recession, in recession or recovering.
Bill Dedman
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In the adversity of our best friends we often find something that does not displease us.
Brigham Young
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Everyone is handed adversity in life. No one's journey is easy. It's how they handle it that makes people unique.
Kevin Conroy
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Adversity tests us from time to time and it is inevitable that this testing continues during life.
Walter Annenberg
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As a writer, I have this compulsion to take characters who appear formidable and bombard them with adversity until they crumble. What's interesting is watching them rise again, and seeing how they've changed and grown, if indeed they have.
Jean Hanff Korelitz
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Adversity is something that makes reaching your goals so much more rewarding than if it didn't exist. .
Lennox Lewis
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The reason why I called it 'I Told You' is because I wanted to show people that I have been doubted, and I have been in the face of adversity. Coming out of that situation, this is my 'I told you' moment.
Daystar Peterson
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Lionel has learned to deal with adversity. He's a fine player and person.
Gary Barlow Take That
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Back, n. That part of your friend which it is your privilege to contemplate in your adversity.
Ambrose Bierce
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I personally have dealt with any adversity in my life with humor. That's why I told America to 'Read my hips!' on 'Dancing With the Stars' or was happy to play along with Jason Alexander and Jerry Seinfeld in the great restaurant scene on 'Seinfeld.'
Marlee Matlin
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Every adversity, every failure, and every heartache, carries with it the Seed of an equivalent or greater Benefit.
Napoleon Hill
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Whenever I do the sign of the cross, it always brings comfort in situations when you are faced with adversity and stress.
Troy Polamalu
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Be moderate in prosperity, prudent in adversity.
Periander
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The virtue of prosperity is temperance; the virtue of adversity is fortitude.
Francis Bacon
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You miss the adversity. The journey is what I'm talking about. Helping a guy get better. Seeing a guy get a contract. And seeing a seventh-round choice or free agent make the team.
Jon Gruden