"(Adversity is) the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted with himself being especially free from admirers then."

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"(Adversity is) the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted with himself being especially free from admirers then."

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"Adversity is inevitable. Staying positive is optional."

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"Bad things bring out the real you, the person hidden beneath all those layers of comfort."

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"It is not beauty that makes you strong--it is adversity."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

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"Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; adversity is the blessing of the New."

Francis Bacon, English Philosopher

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"If man could write his own fate, he would have designed his journey to be without obstacles. Yet all obstacles come with valuable lessons designed just for you and only you. Suffering is imposed on us time and again so that one day we would become brave wise masters. That is, a strong being who is confidently aware of their intended direction in life, and fearlessly adding value to the world and their future."

Suzy Kassem, American Writer

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"Life seems to be fashioned and formed best out of the obstacles that seem unbearable."

John Paul Warren, American Author

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"Initially, I know that I handled it worse than she did and I think partly because I've always been... every bit of adversity I've faced up until the last year and a half is adversity I brought upon myself - or the opposing teams have given me."

Brett Favre, American Athlete

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"There are moments when troubles enter our lives and we can do nothing to avoid them.But they are there for a reason. Only when we have overcome them will we understand why they were there."

Paulo Coelho, Brazilian Novelist

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"Trouble seems to follow me around, waiting to club me with a tire iron."

Patricia Briggs, American Author

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"I consider adversity being good sometimes you know."

Brett Favre, American Athlete

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"Don't think of retiring from the world until the world will be sorry that you retire."

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"I know not why any one but a schoolboy in his declamation should whine over the Commonwealth of Rome, which grew great only by the misery of the rest of mankind. The Romans, like others, as soon as they grew rich, grew corrupt; and in their corruption sold the lives and freedoms of themselves, and of one another."

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"If the man who turnips cries Cry not when his father dies 'Tis proof that he had rather Have a turnip than his father."

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"The composition of Shakespeare is a forest, in which oaks extend in the air, interspersed sometimes with weeds and brambles, and sometimes giving shelting to myrtles and to roses; filling the eye with awful pomp, and gratifying the mind with endless diversity."

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"Adversity is inevitable. Staying positive is optional."

"Bad things bring out the real you, the person hidden beneath all those layers of comfort."

"It is not beauty that makes you strong--it is adversity."

"Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; adversity is the blessing of the New."

"Life seems to be fashioned and formed best out of the obstacles that seem unbearable."

"Initially, I know that I handled it worse than she did and I think partly because I've always been... every bit of adversity I've faced up until the last year and a half is adversity I brought upon myself - or the opposing teams have given me."

"There are moments when troubles enter our lives and we can do nothing to avoid them.But they are there for a reason. Only when we have overcome them will we understand why they were there."

"Trouble seems to follow me around, waiting to club me with a tire iron."

"I consider adversity being good sometimes you know."

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"If the man who turnips cries Cry not when his father dies 'Tis proof that he had rather Have a turnip than his father."

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"The composition of Shakespeare is a forest, in which oaks extend in the air, interspersed sometimes with weeds and brambles, and sometimes giving shelting to myrtles and to roses; filling the eye with awful pomp, and gratifying the mind with endless diversity."