#adversity

Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men. ↗

— Martha Graham

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Weak minds sink under prosperity as well as adversity; but strong and deep ones have two high tides. ↗

— David Hare

#deep #high #minds #ones #prosperity

Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters. ↗

— Victor Hugo

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Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

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Adversity tests us from time to time and it is inevitable that this testing continues during life. ↗

— Walter Annenberg

#continues #during #from time to time #inevitable #life

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

— Francis Bacon

#blessing #new #old #old testament #prosperity

Sometimes the best and worst times of your life can coincide. It is a talent of the soul to discover the joy in pain—-thinking of moments you long for, and knowing you’ll never have them again. The beautiful ghosts of our past haunt us and yet we still can’t decide if the pain they caused us out weighs the tender moments when they touched our soul. This is the irony of love. (MU Article, 2010) ↗

— Shannon L. Alder

#bad-choices #decisions #family #friendship #hindsight

Adversity is a great teacher, but this teacher makes us pay dearly for its instruction; and often the profit we derive, is not worth the price we paid. ↗

— Elizabeth Hardwick

#dearly #derive #great #instruction #makes

In every adversity there lies the seed of an equivalent advantage. In every defeat is a lesson showing you how to win the victory next time. ↗

— Robert Collier

#adversity #defeat #equivalent #every #how

Everyone is handed adversity in life. No one's journey is easy. It's how they handle it that makes people unique. ↗

— Kevin Conroy

#easy #everyone #handed #handle #how