Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which, in prosperous circumstances, would have lain dormant.
The gem cannot be polished without friction nor man without trials.
A problem is a chance for you to do your best.
There is no better than adversity. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance the next time.
The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity.
There are times in everyone's life when something constructive is born out of adversity... when things seem so bad that you've got to grab your fate by the shoulders and shake it.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
Tough times never last, but tough people do.
He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.
Adversity is like a strong wind. I don't mean just that it holds us back from places we might otherwise go. It also tears away from us all but the things that cannot be torn, so that afterward we see ourselves as we really are.
If you find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't lead anywhere.
When its dark enough you can see the stars.
If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.
I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing.
Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.
There is in every true woman's heart, a spark of heavenly fire, which lies dormant in the broad daylight of prosperity, but which kindles up and beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity.
In times of great stress or adversity, it's always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive.
Birds sing after a storm; why shouldn't people feel as free to delight in whatever remains to them?
Sometimes adversity is what you need to face in order to become successful.
One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.
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