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Quotes about adversity
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Those who aim at great deeds must also suffer greatly. (Lord Byron )
The depth of darkness to which you can descend and still live is an exact measure of the height to which you can aspire to reach. (Lord Byron )
The seaman tells stories of winds, the ploughman of bulls; the soldier details his wounds, the shepherd his sheep. (Lord Byron )
A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. (Lord Byron )
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A stumble may prevent a fall. (Lord Byron )
A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner. (Lord Byron )
Not everything which is bad comes to hurt us. (Lord Byron )
Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you. (Lord Byron )
Stumbling is not falling. (Lord Byron )
Any port in a storm. (Lord Byron )
All life demands struggle. Those who have everything given to them become lazy, selfish, and insensitive to the real values of life. The very striving and hard work that we so constantly try to avoid is the major building block in the person we are today. (Lord Byron )
Every man has a rainy corner of his life whence comes foul weather which follows him. (Lord Byron )
If we study the lives of great men and women carefully and unemotionally we find that, invariably, greatness was developed, tested and revealed through the darker periods of their lives. One of the largest tributaries of the RIVER OF GREATNESS is always the STREAM OF ADVERSITY. (Lord Byron )
In a dark time, the eye begins to see. (Lord Byron )
Over every mountain there is a path, although it may not be seen from the valley. (Lord Byron )
People are like stained -- glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within (Lord Byron )
To endure is the first thing that a child ought to learn, and that which he will have the most need to know. (Lord Byron )
Adversity is a great teacher, but this teacher makes us pay dearly for its instruction; and often the profit we derive, is not worth the price we paid. (Lord Byron )
When something an affliction happens to you, you either let it defeat you, or you defeat it. (Lord Byron )
A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity until he has tasted adversity. (Lord Byron )
When it gets dark enough you can see the stars. (Lord Byron )
Trouble shared is trouble halved. (Lord Byron )
It is not good for all our wishes to be filled; through sickness we recognize the value of health; through evil, the value of good; through hunger, the value of food; through exertion, the value of rest. (Lord Byron )
There is no doubt that life is given us, not to be enjoyed, but to be overcome --to be got over. (Lord Byron )
Tough times never last, but tough people do. (Lord Byron )
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