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When you face adversity, you need to remind yourself that whatever is trying to defeat you could very well be what God will use to promote you.

When you forget to take the sail at all, then the wind is constantly in your favour both ways. But there! this world is only a probation, and man was born to trouble as the sparks fly upward.

When you have adversity and you have pain, you never feel more alone than you do at that moment. And you can be surrounded by hundreds of thousands of people.

When you have a powerful, long-term vision for something, even against all odds and adversity, you will continue to make progress and people will want to get on board. Why? Because everybody wants to be a part of something great.

When you meet with crosses and calamities, say, "Now I see God's justice and God's truth; now I see the hatefulness and hurtfulness of sin; and therefore now I will mourn, not because I am crossed, but because I have deserved this cross, and a worse too.

When you're feeling your worst, that's when you get to know yourself the best.

When your ethnicity is heaven, then all adversity offers the gift of intimacy, driving you into the home of His heart.

When you take the problems of the world on your shoulders, your body doesn't feel good. It's just that simple. Leave the problems of the world to the individual problem-makers of the world, and you be the joy-seeker that you are.

Where the vivacity of the intellect and the strength of the passions exceed the development of the moral faculties the character is likely to be embittered or corrupted by extremes, either of adversity or prosperity.

While many of the established media make losses or go bankrupt, WikiLeaks has survived a major conflict with a superpower, including an unlawful economic blockade by its banks and credit card companies and the detention of its editor. We have no debts. We have not had to fire staff. We have never lost a court case related to our publishing. We have never been forced to censor. Adversity has hardened us.

Who would have known of Hector, if Troy had been happy? The road to valor is built by adversity.

Why do we dread adversity when we know that facing it is the only way to become stronger, smarter, better?

Winter does adversely affect [the roads] and our roads have been let go, so they're more and more porous. We're going to have to put more and more emphasis on permanent patch and maintenance, so I expect a great deal of roads breaking up in the spring.

Wise men are able to make a fitting use even of their enmities.

Winning takes character. Workers get the most out of themselves. When a body has limited talent, it must muster all its resources of character to overcome adversity.

Worship from the heart in times of adversity implies an attitude of humble acceptance on our part of God's right to do as He pleases in our lives.

Without adversity, there would be no growth, and without growth, there would be no lesson to be learned.

Within every adversity is an equal and opposite benefit.

Without the assistance of that Divine Being...I cannot succeed. With that assistance I cannot fail.

Worthy goals are consistently achieved by enduring forces of adversity and opposition until they subside.

You find out your mistakes from an audience that pays admission.

Yes," answered Sara, nodding. "Adversity tries people, and mine has tried you and proved how nice you are.

Yield thou not to adversity, but press on the more bravely.

You are the one who must decide whose thoughts you will entertain. You are free to choose-but you are not free to alter the consequences of those choices. You will be what you think about what you consistently allow to occupy the stage of your mind.

You could cry, get worried or angry like any other normal human being, as long as you remembered that, up above, your spirit was laughing out loud at all those thorny situations.

You gotta play the hand that's dealt you. There may be pain in that hand, but you play it. And I've played it.

You begin your journey not knowing where it will take you. You have plans, you have dreams, but every now and again you have to take uncharted roads, face impassable mountains, cross treacherous rivers, be blocked by landslides and earthquakes. That's the way my life has been.

You can sit there forever, lamenting about how bad you've been, feeling guilty until you die, and not one tiny slice of that guilt will do anything to change a single thing in the past. Forgive yourself, then MOVE ON!

You don't just deal with adversity. You use it to propel you forward.

You have come into a hard world. I know of only one easy place in it, and that is the grave.

You have to remember that the hard days are what make you stronger. The bad days make you realize what a good day is. If you never had any bad days, you would never have that sense of accomplishment!

You have to run risks. There are no certainties in war. There is a precipice on either side of you - a precipice of caution and a precipice of over-daring.

You may live in an imperfect world but the frontiers are not closed and the doors are not all shut.

You'll never find a better sparring partner than adversity.

You must be kind to others. You must foster a caretaker personality of gentleness and perseverance, even in the midst of adversity.

You may not know it, but at the far end of despair, there is a white clearing where one is almost happy.

You must fall in love with what you do, because being an entrepreneur is a lot of hard work, and overcoming a lot of adversity. From that love will come the dedication that will get you out of bed at 4 a.m. because of a great idea you just had and get you to work till 11 p.m. and not feel tired.

You never know what events are going to transpire to get you home.

You never know how a horse will pull until you hook him to a heavy load.

You never can tell whether bad luck may not after all turn out to be good luck.

Your first big trouble can be a bonanza if you live through it. Get through the first trouble, and you'll probably make it through the next one.

Your attitude towards problems, difficulties, and adversities is the most important factor in overcoming them.

Your persistence is, in fact, the true measure of your belief in yourself and your ability to succeed. Each time that you persist in the face of adversity and disappointment, you build the habit of persistence.

Your problems aren't too big -- perhaps your worship is too small.

Your real courage shows best in the hour of adversity.

Your response to opportunities, adversities and calling, determine the type of leader you become.

You should not suffer the past. You should be able to wear it like a loose garment, take it off and let it drop.

You should not allow yourself the luxuries of discouragement of despair. Bounce back immediately, and welcome the adversity because it produces harder thinking and harder drive to get to the objective.

You've got to have some adversity and learn from it. I'm working hard, but I didn't expect a cure in one day. You learn. You move on. You hold your head up. You go on to the next day.

A bird that fears turbulence will never know how high it can fly.