#adversity

Adversity is like a strong wind. It tears away from us all but the things that cannot be torn, so that we see ourselves as we really are. ↗

— Arthur Golden

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Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater. ↗

— William Hazlitt

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Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

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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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I am a quiet man who grows through adversity. ↗

— Jose Maria Aznar

#am #grows #i #i am #man

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

Adversity is the diamond dust Heaven polishes its jewels with. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

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Everyone is handed adversity in life. No one's journey is easy. It's how they handle it that makes people unique. ↗

— Kevin Conroy

#easy #everyone #handed #handle #how