"Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, 'This is a misfortune' but 'To bear this worthily is good fortune.'"
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"To stand alone against all adversity is the most sacred moment of existence."
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"In terms of the game theory, we might say the universe is so constituted as to maximize play. The best games are not those in which all goes smoothly and steadily toward a certain conclusion, but those in which the outcome is always in doubt. Similarly, the geometry of life is designed to keep us at the point of maximum tension between certainty and uncertainty, order and chaos. Every important call is a close one. We survive and evolve by the skin of our teeth. We really wouldn't want it any other way."
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"For gold is tried in the fire and acceptable men in the furnace of adversity."
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"And I thought, you know, a little gender confusion makes a better person. A little adversity in life at an early age. It's character building."
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"We must face the fact that the United States is neither omnipotent nor omniscient, that we cannot impose our will upon the other 94 percent of mankind, that we cannot right every wrong or reverse every adversity, and that therefore there cannot be an American solution to every world problem."
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"I will say this for adversity: people seem to be able to stand it, and that is more than I can say for prosperity."
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"I'm used to adversity and working really well in difficult situations. It was hard for me to accept the success"
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"Remember also that it is not knowledge but the yearning for knowledge that makes for a complete, accomplished man. Such a man does not stand still but perseveres in the face of adversity, nor does he remain untouched by the pain cause by absence. On the contrary, he recognizes himself in each cry, uttered or repressed, in the smallest rift, in the most pressing need."
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"Out of adversity comes opportunity."
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"The reward of suffering is experience"
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"It is the last straw that breaks the camel's back."
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"Let us remember that the times which future generations delight to recall are not those of ease and prosperity, but those of adversity bravely borne."
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"Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness."
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"Adversity's sweet milk, philosophy."
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"Here life itself, life at its best and healthiest, awaits the caprice of the bullet. Let us see the development of the day. All else may stand over, perhaps for ever. Existence is never so sweet as when it is at hazard."
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"God will not suffer man to have a knowledge of things to come for if he had prescience of his prosperity, he would be careless and if understanding of his adversity, he would be despairing and senseless"
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"Adversity leads us to think properly of our state, and so is most beneficial to us."
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"My secret to survival has been embracing life's challenges and not letting them dictate my frame of mind or determine my fate... Learning to stand strong in the face of challenge and adversity is the only way to get through the tough times."
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"In life, you may face hard times. But in the face of adversity, always seek to remain positive. What we think, will eventually become our life. And if you think positive, you will have a positive life."
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