Adversity quotations

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◆ Nothing in the world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty… I have never in my life envied a human being who led an easy life. I have envied a great many people who led difficult lives and led them well.

- Theodore Roosevelt99

◆ If a man cannot understand the beauty of life, it is probably because life never understood the beauty in him.

- Criss Jami99

◆ You'll learn, as you get older, that rules are made to be broken. Be bold enough to live life on your terms, and never, ever apologize for it. Go against the grain, refuse to conform, take the road less traveled instead of the well-beaten path. Laugh in the face of adversity, and leap before you look. Dance as though EVERYBODY is watching. March to the beat of your own drummer. And stubbornly refuse to fit in.

- Mandy Hale99

◆ I suppose sooner or later in the life of everyone comes a moment of trial. We all of us have our particular devil who rides us and torments us, and we must give battle in the end.

- Daphne du Maurier99

◆ Remind thyself, in the darkest moments, that every failure is only a step toward success, every detection of what is false directs you toward what is true, every trial exhausts some tempting form of error, and every adversity will only hide, for a time, your path to peace and fulfillment.

- Og Mandino99

◆ Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.

- Seneca99

◆ We could never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world

- Helen Keller99

◆ When faced with two equally tough choices, most people choose the third choice: to not choose.

- Jarod Kintz99

◆ If our testimonies are strong onthis point and if we feel the absolute assurance that God loves us, we will change our questons. We won't ask, 'Why did this happen?' or 'Why doesn't God care about me?' Instead, our questions will become, 'What can I learn from this experience?' or 'How does the Lord want me to handle this?

- John Bytheway99

◆ Reputation is what others think of us; character is what God knows of us. When you have spent what feels like eternity trying to repair a few moments of time that destroyed the view others once had of you then you must ask yourself if you have the problem or is it really them? God doesn't make us try so hard, only enemies do.

- Shannon L. Alder99

◆ You will face your greatest opposition when you are closest to your biggest miracle.

- Shannon L. Alder99

◆ The roughest roads often lead to the top.

- Christina Aguilera99

◆ Who wants to die? Everything struggles to live. Look at that tree growing up there out of that grating. It gets no sun, and water only when it rains. It's growing out of sour earth. And it's strong because its hard struggle to live is making it strong. My children will be strong that way.

- Betty Smith99

◆ Our most significant opportunities will be found in times of greatest difficulty.

- Thomas S. Monson99

◆ It's during the worst time of your life that you will get to see the true colors of the people who say they care for you.

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