"There is more evil in a drop of sin than in a sea of affliction."
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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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"In the meantime, cling tooth and nail to the following rule: not to give in to adversity, not to trust prosperity, and always take full note of fortune's habit of behaving just as she pleases."
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"I think really what I'm saying is that I thrive on adversity."
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"Affliction is able to drown out every earthly voice. . . but the voice of eternity within a person it cannot drown."
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"If I had a formula for bypassing trouble, I would not pass it around. Trouble creates a capacity to handle it."
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"Dare to be different. Be a pioneer. Be a leader. Be the kind of woman who in the face of adversity will continue to embrace life and walk fearlessly toward the challenge."
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"Dress your best on your execution day. Be extremely courteous to your assistant when you lose money. Try not to blame others for your fate, even if they deserve blame. Never exhibit any self-pity. Do not complain."
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"It is the character of a brave and resolute man not to be ruffled by adversity and not to desert his post."
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"These (literary) studies are the food of youth, and consolation of age; they adorn prosperity, and are the comfort and refuge of adversity; they are pleasant at home, and are no incumbrance abroad; they accompany us at night, in our travels, and in our rural retreats."
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"The value of liberty was thus enhanced in our estimation by the difficulty of its attainment, and the worth of characters appreciated by the trial of adversity."
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"Of all the uses of adversity which are sweet, none are sweeter than those which grow out of disappointed love."
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"Braving obstacles and hardships is braver than retreat to tranquility."
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"Much that we call evil is really good in disguises; and we should not quarrel rashly with adversities not yet understood, nor overlook the mercies often bound up in them."
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"...And these vicissitudes come best in youth; For when they happen at a riper age, People are apt to blame the Fates, forsooth, And wonder Providence is not more sage. Adversity is the first path to truth: He who hath proved war, storm, or woman's rage, Whether his winters be eighteen or eighty, Has won experience which is deem'd so weighty."
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"Easy times are the enemy, they put us to sleep. Adversity is our friend, it wakes us up"
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"It is not just a person's physical constitution, their intellegence, their education, or even their social conditioning that enables them to withstand hardship. Much more significant is their inner development. And while some may be able to survive through sheer willpower, the ones who suffer the least are those who have a high degree of patience and courage in the face of adversity."
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"Wise men are able to make a fitting use even of their enmities."
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"Money powers prey upon the nation in times of peace & conspire against it in times of adversity."
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"When you take the problems of the world on your shoulders, your body doesn't feel good. It's just that simple. Leave the problems of the world to the individual problem-makers of the world, and you be the joy-seeker that you are."
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