Remember that the Devil doesn't sleep but seeks our ruin in a thousand different ways
The block of granite which was an obstacle in the path of the weak becomes a steppingstone in the path of the strong.
(n.) Opposition; contrariety.
Enemies can be an incentive to survive and become someone in spite of them. Enemies can keep you alert and aware.
Calamity is the test of integrity.
My luck was my father not striking oil... we'd have been rich. I'd never have set out for Hollywood with my camera and I'd have had a lot less interesting life.
When I was very young I tried selling used cars. It didn't last long. I guess that was my good luck too that I didn't show more promise at it or I might have been an automobile dealer.
Who hath not known ill fortune never knew himself or his own virtue.
Trouble brings experience and experience brings wisdom.
Forget the times of your distress but never forget what they taught you.
Every experience however bitter has its lesson and to focus one's attention on the lesson helps one overcome the bitterness.
Adversity comes with instruction in its hand.
When bad things happen to you, become wiser, not bitter.
Seeds pour out oil when pressed.Grapes pour out wine when squeezed.Herbs pour out medicine when pounded.Flowers pour out perfume when crushed.The gifted pour out excellence when tested.
It is at night, not in the day, that stars shine the brightest.
When the world is in the midst of change, when adversity and opportunity are almost indistinguishable, this is the time for visionary leadership and when leaders need to look beyond the survival needs...
I learned to take those experiences that were difficult in my life and in the adversity that I had overcome to use it for a positive change.
Sometimes things have to go wrong in order to go right.
Nothing is more desirable than to be released from an affliction but nothing is more frightening than to be divested of a crutch.
Fire tries gold misfortune men.
Men strive for peace but it is their enemies that give them strength and I think if man no longer had enemies he would have to invent them for his strength only grows from struggle.
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