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Adversity Quotes
"In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider."
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"Three hundred years ago a prisoner condemned to the Tower of London carved on the wall of his cell this sentiment to keep up his spirits during his long imprisonment: 'It is not adversity that kills, but the impatience with which we bear adversity."
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"Prosperity tries the fortunate, adversity the great."
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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."
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"The pressure of adversity does not affect the mind of the brave man... It is more powerful than external circumstances."
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"Weak minds sink under prosperity as well as adversity; but strong and deep ones have two high tides."
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"Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man; but for one man who can stand prosperity, there are a hundred that will stand adversity."
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"Adversity, and perseverance and all these things can shape you. They can give you a value and a self-esteem that is priceless."
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"Adversity is the diamond dust Heaven polishes its jewels with."
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"I consider adversity being good sometimes you know."
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"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."
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"Americans have always been able to handle austerity and even adversity. Prosperity is what is doing us in."
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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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"Comfort and prosperity have never enriched the world as much as adversity has."
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"Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; adversity is the blessing of the New."
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"Sweet are the uses of adversity which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, wears yet a precious jewel in his head."
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"A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity until he has tasted adversity."
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"The long, dull, monotonous years of middle-aged prosperity or middle-aged adversity are excellent campaigning weather for the devil."
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"Under adversity, under oppression, the words begin to fail, the easy words begin to fail. In order to convey things accurately, the human being is almost forced to find the most precise words possible, which is a precondition for literature."
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"Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater."
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"We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right."
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"Remorse sleeps during prosperity but awakes bitter consciousness during adversity."
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"Easily mistaken, it is not about a love for adversity, it is about knowing a strength and a faith so great that adversity, in all its adverse manifestations, hardly even exists."
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"I write about adversity, I praise adversity, not to be pessimistic, but rather to strengthen myself. The more familiar that you are with it, the less likely you are to have a breakdown when it occurs. You become more reflective of its purpose, you understand God's reason for it, and are then able to make the best of everything that you are handed. The darkness is only frightening after constant sunshine."
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"Fresh activity is the only means of overcoming adversity."
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"I think really what I'm saying is that I thrive on adversity."
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"Political rivals attacked me. I was savagely beaten. I was kicked in the face and I lost my eye as a result."
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"The good things of prosperity are to be wished; but the good things that belong to adversity are to be admired."
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"Adversity is the trial of principle. Without it a man hardly knows whether he is honest or not."
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"Everything in the world may be endured except continual prosperity."
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"Without adversity a person hardly knows whether they are honest or not."
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