"Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; adversity not without many comforts and hopes."

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"Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; adversity not without many comforts and hopes."

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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

Adversity, Obstacle, Fate, Lesson, Suffering

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

Samuel Johnson, English Author

Adversity, Self, Truth, Strength

"Adversity has ever been considered the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted with himself."

Samuel Johnson, English Author

Adversity, Man, State

"In an emergency, one often learns that one's companions can be of even less help in extraordinary circumstances than they are during an average evening."

Lemony Snicket, American Author

Adversity, Help, Survival, Crisis, Reality

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

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Adversity, Beauty, Strength

"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

Adversity, Fall, Strength, Truth, Power

"Comfort and prosperity have never enriched the world as much as adversity has."

Billy Graham, American Clergyman

Adversity, Comfort, Prosperity, World

"For in all adversity of fortune the worst sort of misery is to have been happy."

Boethius, Roman Philosopher

Adversity, Fortune, Misery

"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

Adversity,

"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

Adversity, Canada, Care, First, Hell

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