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 | "ADVERSITY CAN DISTRESS US OR BLESS US The way we use adversity is
strictly our own choice, For in God?s Hands adversity can make the heart
rejoice ? For everything God sends to us, no matter in what form, Is sent
with plan and purpose for by the fierceness of a storm The atmosphere is
changed and cleared and the earth is washed and clean And the "high winds
of adversity" can make restless souls serene ? And while it?s very
difficult for mankind to understand God?s intentions and His purpose and
the workings of His Hand, If we observe the miracles that happen every day
We cannot help but be convinced that in His wondrous way God makes what
seemed unbearable and painful and distressing, Easily acceptable when we
view it as a blessing." | |
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Helen Steiner Rice
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| "Adversity cause some men to break; others to break records." | |
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William Arthur Ward
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| "Adversity has ever been considered the state in which A man most
easily becomes acquainted with himself, then especially, being free from
flatterers." | |
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Samuel Johnson
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| "Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which, in prosperous
circumstances, would have lain dormant." | |
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Quintus Horatius Flaccus Horace
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| "Adversity introduces a man to himself." | |
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Thomas Fuller
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| "Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man; but for one man who can
stand prosperity there are a hundred that will stand adversity." | |
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John Keats
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| "Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man; But for one man who can
stand prosperity, there are a hundred that will stand adversity." | |
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Thomas Carlyle
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| "Adversity is the diamond dust that heaven polishes it"s jewels
with." | |
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Robert Leighton
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| "Adversity is the seed of well-doing: it is the nurse of heroism and
boldness; who that hath enough, will endanger himself to have more? Who
that is at ease, will set his life on the hazard?" | |
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Akhenaton
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| "Adversity is the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted
with himself, being especially free from admirers then." | |
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Dr. Samuel Johnson
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| "Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters." | |
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Victor Hugo
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| "Adversity will surface in every life. How we meet it makes the
difference." | |
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Marvin J. Ashton
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| "Adversity"s sweet milk, philosophy." | |
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William Shakespeare
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| "BACK, n. That part of your friend which it is your privilege to
contemplate in your adversity" | |
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Ambrose Gwinett Bierce
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| "Be courteous to all, but intimate with few; and let those few be
well tried before you give them your confidence." | |
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George Washington
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| "Be more prompt to go to a friend in adversity than in
prosperity." | |
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Chilo
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| "By trying we can easily learn to endure adversity. Another man"s, I
mean." | |
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Mark Twain
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| "Difficulties show men what they are. In case of any difficulty
remember that God has pitted you against a rough antagonist that you may
be a conqueror, and this cannot be without toil." | |
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Epictetus
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| "Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the
seed on an equal or greater benefit." | |
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Napoleon Hill
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| "Fresh activity is the only means of overcoming adversity." | |
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Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
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| "Friendship, of itself a holy tie, Is made more sacred by
adversity." | |
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Charles Caleb Colton
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| "He that can heroically endure adversity will bear prosperity with
equal greatness of the soul; for the mind that cannot be dejected by the
former is not likely to be transported without the latter." | |
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Henry Fielding
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| "He who does not tire, tires adversity." | |
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Martin Fraquhar Tupper
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| "However, never daunted, I will cope with adversity in my traditional
manner ... sulking and nausea." | |
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Tom K. Ryan
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| "I have come to know that adversity really means the things in life
that challenge us and cause us to work with devotion and courage to
overcome. I once stood on a street in Trondheim, Norway, looking up at a
statue of a Viking. There came to my mind at that time a fable of the
Norsemen that when a man won a victory over another, the strength of the
conquered went over into his veins. Therefore, in this sense adversity is
good, for it produces in us a source of strength as we learn to conquer
our weaknesses." | |
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Alvin R. Dyer
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| "If we are right with the Lord, then, as we face adversity, we can be
assured that we will be blessed with faith, strength, wisdom and help from
others, not only to overcome, but to learn and to grow from those
experiences." | |
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Ronald E. Poelman
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| "If we are striving, if we are working, if we are trying, to the best
of our ability, to improve day by day, then we are in the line of our
duty." | |
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Heber J. Grant
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| "If you will call your troubles experiences, and remember that every
experience develops some latent force within you, you will grow vigorous
and happy, however adverse your circumstances may seem to be." | |
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John R. Miller
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| "In adversity assume the countenance of prosperity, And in prosperity
moderate the temper and desires." | |
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Livy
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| "It"s not whether you get knocked down. It"s whether you get up
again." | |
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Vincent Lombardi
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| "Kites rise highest against the wind; not with it." | |
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Sir Winston Churchill
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| "Little minds attain and are subdued by misfortunes; but great minds
rise above them." | |
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Washington Irving
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| "Mishaps are like knives, that either serve us or cut us, as we grasp
them by the blade or the handle." | |
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James Russell Lowell
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| "Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man?s
character, give him power." | |
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Abraham Lincoln
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| "No, life may not be easy, it can be lonely. Full of people we think
we know, but barely comprehend. Yet we must always remember: it"s the
challenges that define us best, and the obstacles that illuminate what
we"re truly capable of. We must welcome adversity and embrace struggle,
and no matter what we get from life, never give less than 100 percent. Of
course, at the end of every battle weary day, we fold ourselves into
peaceful darkness and find comfort in those gentle words ... good
night." | |
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Unknown
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| "Nothing is so bitter that a calm mind cannot find comfort in
it." | |
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Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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| "Now I began to realize what adversity really meant. I felt ashamed
to meet anyone. Some of those persons who had courted our society when we
were flourishing in business, now that adversity had overtaken us, would
pass us by without recognition. I began to learn the hollowness of
so-called "society."" | |
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Wandle Mace
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| "One of the advantages of having lived a long time is that you can
often remember when you had it worse. I am grateful to have lived long
enough to have known some of the blessings of adversity." | |
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James E. Faust
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| "One time or another we all face adversity?s chilling wind. One man
flees from it, and like an unresisting kite falls to the ground. Another
yields no retreating inch, and the wind that would destroy him lifts him
as readily to the heights. We are not measured by the trials we meet, only
by those we overcome." | |
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David Oman McKay
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| "One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only
strength which can overcome adversity." | |
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Dr. Albert Schweitzer
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| "Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater." | |
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William Hazlitt
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| "Prosperity is no just scale; adversity is the only balance to weigh
friends." | |
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Plutarch
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| "Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; and adversity is
not without comforts and hopes." | |
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Francis Bacon
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| "Prosperity tries the fortunate, adversity the great." | |
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Pliny the Younger
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| "Seneca thinks the gods are well pleased when they see great men
contending with adversity." | |
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Robert Burton
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| "Stars may be seen from the bottom of a deep well, when they cannot
be discerned from the top of a mountain." | |
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Charles Haddon Spurgeon
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| "The ability we have to handle this adversity will determine the
degree of success that we will have in life. To me, this is where the
gospel can be the greatest of help to us. The power of the Holy Ghost is
the greatest source of strength and comfort we can have in our lives. The
Holy Ghost will not only help us in times of need, but will help us to
gain a firm testimony of the gospel of Jesus Christ, thereby preparing us
for life." | |
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LaVell Edwards
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| "The brightest crowns that are worn in heaven have been tried, and
smelted, and polished and glorified through the furnaces of
tribulation." | |
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Edwin Hubbel Chapin
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| "The conquering of adversity produces strength of character, forges
self-confidence, engenders self-respect, and assures success in righteous
endeavor." | |
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Richard G. Scott
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| "The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph." | |
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Thomas Paine
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| "The human race has had long experience and a fine tradition in
surviving adversity. But we now face a task for which we have little
experience, the task of surviving prosperity." | |
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Alan Gregg
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| "The man is indecisively unable to deal with adversity and is
oppressed by something which should not oppress him. He leans on things
like thorns and thistles, which are hazardous yet cannot support
him." | |
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I Ching
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| "The man of character finds an especial attractiveness in difficulty
since it is only by coming to grips with difficulty that he can realize
his potentialities." | |
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Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle
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| "The pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; the
optimist, the opportunity in every difficulty." | |
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L.P. Jacks
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| "The problem is not that there are problems. The problem is expecting
otherwise and thinking that having problems is a problem." | |
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Theodore Rubin
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| "The sharpest sting of adversity it borrows from our own
impatience." | |
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George Horne
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| "There are two ways of meeting difficulties: you alter the
difficulties or you alter yourself meeting them [or both]." | |
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Phyllis Bottome
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| "Three hundred years ago a prisoner condemned to the Tower of London
carved on the wall of his cell this sentiment to keep up his spirits
during his long imprisonment: "It is not adversity that kills, but the
impatience with which we bear adversity."" | |
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James Keller
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| "Trouble is only opportunity in work clothes." | |
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Henry J. Kaiser
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| "We all have enough strength to bear other people"s woes." | |
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François, Duc de La Rochefoucauld
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| "We deem those happy who, from the experience of life, have learned
to bear its ills, without being overcome by them." | |
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Decimus Junius Juvenalis Juvenal
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| "We fail to see the purifying and refining effect wrought by the
flames of adversity. These flames are not meant to consume but only to
purify us. Disguised as adversity, blessings are showered upon us." | |
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Albert Theodore Tuttle
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| "We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite
hope." | |
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Martin Luther King, Jr.
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| "What was hard to bear is sweet to remember." | |
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