#adversity

Adversity leads us to think properly of our state, and so is most beneficial to us. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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He knows not his own strength that has not met adversity. ↗

— Ben Jonson

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Israel was not created in order to disappear - Israel will endure and flourish. It is the child of hope and the home of the brave. It can neither be broken by adversity nor demoralized by success. It carries the shield of democracy and it honors the sword of freedom. ↗

— John F. Kennedy

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Prosperity tries the fortunate, adversity the great. ↗

— Rose Kennedy

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For gold is tried in the fire and acceptable men in the furnace of adversity. ↗

— George Santayana

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One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity. ↗

— Albert Schweitzer

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The pressure of adversity does not affect the mind of the brave man... It is more powerful than external circumstances. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them. ↗

— Publilius Syrus

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