"Fire tries gold misery tries brave men."

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

Francis Bacon, English Philosopher

Adversity, Old, Prosperity

"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

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

John Paul Warren, American Author

Adversity, Obstacle, Life, Strength, Growth

"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

Adversity, Reason, Growth, Challenge

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

Patricia Briggs, American Author

Adversity, Trouble, Fate, Resilience, Humor

"I consider adversity being good sometimes you know."

Brett Favre, American Athlete

Adversity, Being

"Things get worse before they get better, but this is a worse that feels too big."

Stephen Chbosky, American Author

Adversity, Hardship, Hope, Endurance, Struggle

"Adversity, and perseverance and all these things can shape you. They can give you a value and a self-esteem that is priceless."

Scott Hamilton, American Athlete

Adversity, Perseverance, Self, Value

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

Samuel Johnson, English Author

Adversity, Man, State

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"The heart is great which shows moderation in the midst of prosperity."

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"I know that these mental disturbances of mine are not dangerous and give no promise of a storm; to express what I complain of in apt metaphor, I am distressed, not by a tempest, but by sea-sickness."

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"There is none made so great, but he may both need the help and service, and stand in fear of the power and unkindness, even of the meanest of mortals."

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"I will govern my life and thoughts as if the whole world were to see the one and read the other, for what does it signify to make anything a secret to my neighbor, when to God, who is the searcher of our hearts, all our privacies are open?"

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"And so there is no reason for you to think that any man has lived long because he has grey hairs or wrinkles, he has not lived long " he has existed long. For what if you should think that man had had a long voyage who had been caught by a fierce storm as soon as he left harbour, and, swept hither and thither by a succession of winds that raged from different quarters, had been driven in a circle around the same course? Not much voyaging did he have, but much tossing about."

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"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."

"Things get worse before they get better, but this is a worse that feels too big."

"Adversity, and perseverance and all these things can shape you. They can give you a value and a self-esteem that is priceless."

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

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"It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor."

"Life is warfare."

"The heart is great which shows moderation in the midst of prosperity."

"I know that these mental disturbances of mine are not dangerous and give no promise of a storm; to express what I complain of in apt metaphor, I am distressed, not by a tempest, but by sea-sickness."

"There is none made so great, but he may both need the help and service, and stand in fear of the power and unkindness, even of the meanest of mortals."

"I will govern my life and thoughts as if the whole world were to see the one and read the other, for what does it signify to make anything a secret to my neighbor, when to God, who is the searcher of our hearts, all our privacies are open?"

"The wish for healing has always been half of health."

"Whenever the speech is corrupted so is the mind."

"It is the sign of a weak mind to be unable to bear wealth."