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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."

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

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

"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."

"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."

"Trouble seems to follow me around, waiting to club me with a tire iron."
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"Time is the most precious element of human existence. The successful person knows how to put energy into time and how to draw success from time."

"Get excited and enthusiastic about you own dream. This excitement is like a forest fire - you can smell it, taste it, and see it from a mile away."

"Learn from the past, set vivid, detailed goals for the future, and live in the only moment of time over which you have any control: now."

"Forget about the consequences of failure. Failure is only a temporary change in direction to set you straight for your next success."

"Goals provide the energy source that powers our lives. One of the best ways we can get the most from the energy we have is to focus it. That is what goals can do for us; concentrate our energy."

"Time and health are two precious assets that we don't recognize and appreciate until they have been depleted."

"Listen to the desires of your children. Encourage them and then give them the autonomy to make their own decision."
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