#adversity

You know, you have to have some inner philosophy to deal with adversity. ↗

— Kirk Douglas

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Adversity is the state in which man most easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free of admirers then. ↗

— John Wooden

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In the adversity of our best friends we often find something that does not displease us. ↗

— Brigham Young

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Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater. ↗

— William Hazlitt

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Show me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I'll show you someone who has overcome adversity. ↗

— Lou Holtz

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

— Walter Annenberg

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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

The long, dull, monotonous years of middle-aged prosperity or middle-aged adversity are excellent campaigning weather for the devil. ↗

— C. S. Lewis

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Always seek out the seed of triumph in every adversity. ↗

— Og Mandino

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Whatever changes the new era brings, whatever new pathways we take, I am sure that our special relationship with America - forged in adversity, will not change. ↗

— Mary McAleese

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