"The firmest of friendships have been formed in mutual adversity, as iron is most strongly united by the fiercest flame."

Adversity, United

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"The firmest of friendships have been formed in mutual adversity, as iron is most strongly united by the fiercest flame."

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"Remorse sleeps during prosperity but awakes bitter consciousness during adversity."

Jean Jacques Rousseau, Swiss Philosopher

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"Thank you adversity. Oh, how we stretch and grow in the shadows of darkness just to reach the light."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

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"You'll never find a better sparring partner than adversity."

Golda Meir, Israeli Leader

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"A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity until he has tasted adversity."

Rosalind Russell, American Actress

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"To fall down is to face the weakness of my humanity, test the mettle of my character, and push the limits of my strength. Therefore, falling down will tell me who I am far more clearly than most things I might learn when I'm standing up."

Craig D. Lounsbrough, American Author

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

Samuel Johnson, English Author

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"I contend that not only can you laugh at adversity, but it is essential to do so if you are to deal with setbacks without defeat."

Allen Klein, American Businessman

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"Everything in the world may be endured except continual prosperity."

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German Poet

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"Well, pioneers always suffer. I don't care who is the first to embark upon things. For instance, settlers that settled the West, Western Canada and the U.S... they went though hell doing it, but it had to be done."

Bobby Hull, Canadian Athlete

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"Show me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I'll show you someone who has overcome adversity."

Lou Holtz, American Coach

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"Friendship, of itself a holy tie, is made more sacred by adversity."

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"Our income are like our shoes; if too small, they gall and pinch us; but if too large, they cause us to stumble and trip."

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"Justice to my readers compels me to admit that I write because I have nothing to do; justice to myself induces me to add that I will cease to write the moment I have nothing to say."

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"The drafts which true genius draws upon posterity, although they may not always be honored so soon as they are due, are sure to be paid with compound interest in the end."

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"It is always safe to learn, even from our enemies; seldom safe to venture to instruct, even our friends."

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"To know a man, observe how he wins his object, rather than how he loses it; for when we fail, our pride supports us - when we succeed, it betrays us."

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"The society of dead authors has this advantage over that of the living: they never flatter us to our faces, nor slander us behind our backs, nor intrude upon our privacy, nor quit their shelves until we take them down."

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"The first requisite for success is the ability to apply your physical and mental energies to one problem incessantly without growing weary."

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"Those who visit foreign nations, but associate only with their own country-men, change their climate, but not their customs. They see new meridians, but the same men; and with heads as empty as their pockets, return home with traveled bodies, but untravelled minds."

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"Many books require no thought from those who read them, and for a very simple reason; they made no such demand upon those who wrote them."

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