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«One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.»
Author: Albert Schweitzer (Missionary, Musician, Philosopher, Theologian) | Keywords: adversity, gains, Obstacles, overcome, overcoming, possesses
«Life is truly known only to those who suffer, lose, endure adversity and stumble from defeat to defeat.»
Author: Anais Nin (Author) | About: Life | Keywords: adversities, adversity, defeat, endure, known, lose, stumble, stumbles, suffer, truly
«Remember God in prosperity, and He will remember you in adversity»
Author: Muhammad (Religious leader) | Keywords: adversity, prosperity
«It is prosperity that gives us friends, adversity that proves them.»
Author: Proverb | Keywords: adversity, prosperity, proves
«Prosperity discovers vice, adversity discovers virtue.»
Author: Francis Bacon, Sr. (Lawyer, Philosopher) | About: Adversity, Virtue | Keywords: adversity, discovers, prosperity, vice
«Prosperity is no just scale; adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.»
Author: Plutarch (Author, Biographer) | Keywords: adversities, adversity, balance, balancing, prosperity, scale, scaled, scaling, weigh, weighing
«Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.»
Author: Abraham Lincoln (President) | About: Adversity, Character, Life, Power, Wisdom | Keywords: adversities, adversity, character, nearly, stand, test
«Out of defeat can come the best in human nature. As Christians face storms of adversity, they may rise with more beauty. They are like trees that grow on mountain ridges -- battered by winds, yet trees in which we find the strongest wood.»
Author: Billy Graham | Keywords: adversity, batter, battered, battering, batters, Christians, defeat, Human nature, mountain, ridge, ridges, rise, storms, strongest, trees, winds, wind rose, wood
«Opposition is a natural part of life. Just as we develop our physical muscles through overcoming opposition - such as lifting weights - we develop our character muscles by overcoming challenges and adversity.»
Author: Stephen R. Covey | About: Adversity, Challenge, Overcoming | Keywords: adversity, Challenges, develop, lifting, muscles, opposition, oppositions, overcoming, physical, such as, weights
«Let me embrace thee, sour adversity, for wise men say it is the wisest course.»
Author: William Shakespeare (Dramatist, Playwright, Poet) | About: Wisdom | Keywords: adversity, course, embrace, Say It, sour, soured, sourest, souring, sours, Thee, wisest, Wise Men
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