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Bullying builds character like nuclear waste creates superheroes. It's a rare occurrence and often does much more damage than endowment. ↗

— Zack W. Van

#bullying #strength #truthful #weakness #adversity

All events are blessings given to us to learn from. ↗

— Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

#adversity

The strongest steel is forged by the fires of hell. It is pounded and struck repeatedly before it's plunged back into the molten fire. The fire gives it power and flexibility, and the blows give it STRENGTH. Those two thing make the metal pliable and able to withstand every battle it's called upon to fight. ↗

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

#adversity

So it is more useful to watch a man in times of peril, and in adversity to discern what kind of man he is; for then at last words of truth are drawn from the depths of his heart, and the mask is torn off, reality remains. ↗

— Titus Lucretius Carus

#heart #peril #reality #truth #adversity

We are like the herb which flourisheth most when trampled upon ↗

— Walter Scott

#facing-problems #adversity

Sometimes a wild horse needs to feel that his rider is just a little bit wilder. ↗

— Francesca Lia Block

#fantasy #horse #ruby #strength-through-adversity #womanhood

Use what you've been through as fuel, believe in yourself and be unstoppable! ↗

— Yvonne Pierre

#don-t-quit #never-give-up #overcoming-adversity #uplifting #adversity

The pressure of adversity is the most powerful sustainer of accountability. It's as though everything you do is multiplied by 50 in order to surpass those with a head-start. I was never capable of slacking when at the threshold of failure. ↗

— Criss Jami

#adversity #compel #drive #endure #failure

One of the major keys to success is to keep moving forward on the journey, making the best of the detours and interruptions, turning adversity into advantage. ↗

— John C. Maxwell

#adversity

The scholar only knows how dear these silent, yet eloquent, companions of pure thoughts and innocent hours become in the season of adversity. When all that is worldly turns to dross around us, these only retain their steady value. ↗

— Washington Irving

#solitude #thoughts #adversity