Adversity

(51 votes)   A bend in the road is not the end of the road... unless you fail to make the turn.

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(44 votes)   A certain amount of opposition is a great help to a man. Kites rise against, not with, the wind.

John Neal

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(103 votes)   A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.

Chinese Proverbs
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(46 votes)   A reasonable amount o fleas is good for a dog -- keeps him from brooding over being a dog, maybe.

Edward Noyes Westcott
1847-1898, American Author

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(647 votes)   A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner.

English Proverbs
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(68 votes)   A stumble may prevent a fall.

English Proverbs
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(60 votes)   A time of disarray is also a moment of opportunity.

Frederick Ferre

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(104 votes)   Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune.

William James
1842-1910, American Psychologist, Professor, Author

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(189 votes)   Adversities do not make a man frail. They show what sort of man he is.

Thomas p Kempis
1379-1471, German Monk, Mystic, Religious Writer

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(50 votes)   Adversity borrows its sharpest sting from our impatience.

Bishop Horne

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(51 votes)   Adversity breaks the inferior man's will but only bends the superior man's spirit. Outward influence is denied the great man, who accordingly uses words sparingly but retains his central position.

I Ching

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(216 votes)   Adversity causes some men to break, others to break records.

William A. Ward
1921-,

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(67 votes)   Adversity draws men together and produces beauty and harmony in life's relationships, just as the cold of winter produces ice-flowers on the window-panes, which vanish with the warmth.

Soren Kierkegaard
1813-1855, Danish Philosopher, Writer

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(41 votes)   Adversity introduces a man to himself.

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(39 votes)   Adversity is a fact of life. It can't be controlled. What we can control is how we react to it.

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