"Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant."

Adversity, Circumstances, Effect

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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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"Adversity is like a strong wind. It tears away from us all but the things that cannot be torn, so that we see ourselves as we really are."

Arthur Golden, American Writer

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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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"Adversity is inevitable. Staying positive is optional."

Maddy Malhotra, British Poet

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

Innocent Mwatsikesimbe, Swedish Businessman

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"There were moments when it honestly seemed as if the world were conspiring against her."

Nicholas Sparks, American Author

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

Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Swiss Philosopher

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"We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right."

Seneca, Roman Philosopher

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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 a great teacher; adversity a greater."

William Hazlitt, English Critic

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"Few cross the river of time and are able to reach non-being. Most of them run up and down only on this side of the river. But those who when they know the law follow the path of the law, they shall reach the other shore and go beyond the realm of death."

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

"Adversity is like a strong wind. It tears away from us all but the things that cannot be torn, so that we see ourselves as we really are."

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

"Adversity is inevitable. Staying positive is optional."

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

"There were moments when it honestly seemed as if the world were conspiring against her."

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

"We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right."

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

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"Money is a handmaiden, if thou knowest how to use it; a mistress, if thou knowest not."

"Live mindful of how brief your life is."

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"Seize the day, and put the least possible trust in tomorrow."

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"Few cross the river of time and are able to reach non-being. Most of them run up and down only on this side of the river. But those who when they know the law follow the path of the law, they shall reach the other shore and go beyond the realm of death."

"The musician who always plays on the same string is laughed at."

"Why do you hasten to remove anything which hurts your eye, while if something affects your soul you postpone the cure until next year?"

"Anger is momentary madness so control your passion or it will control you."